cl option unable to build the file which presented is presented at the relative UNC location

[nhkrishna]

I'm trying to build the file which is presented at the UNC path. Here i'm providing simple example to get more clarity.

main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "additionApi.hpp"

int main(){

int a=10, b=20;
std::cout<<"Addition:"<<addNumbers(a,b);

return 0;
}


tmpOperation\additionApi.hpp

int addNumbers(int a, int b);


tmpOperation\additionApi.cpp

#include <iostream>
int addNumbers(int a, int b){
return a+b;
}


tmpOperation\Makefile

tmpOperationDir = \\unc\path\location\tmpOperation
%.obj:%.cpp
cl /TP /Od /Oy- -Zi /EHsc -I"." -I"$(tmpOperationDir)" /c $< /Fo$@

../math_exe:additionApi.obj ../main.obj
link /OUT:../math.exe additionApi.obj ../main.obj

all:../math_exe


In the above file structure, i'm using make command from the tmpOperaion directory. main.cpp is presented at outside of the tmpOperaion directory. So i'm accessing main.cpp using the relative path as ../main.cpp in Makefile. But it is unable to build the main file and giving the following error.

gmake: *** No rule to make target `../main.obj', needed by `../math_exe'. Stop.


So finally, below are my straight forward questions:

1. can we build a file(main.cpp in the given example) relatively from the UNC path ?

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