Re: [Boost-build] differentiating between bjam clean and bjam -a

From: Patrick Tan (pxt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-19 01:35:27

Rene Rivera wrote:

>Patrick Tan wrote:
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>>I want to perform different pre build actions depending on whether it is 
>>"bjam clean", "bjam -a" or "bjam" inside my Jamfile.
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>>For example I would like to do something like this in my Jamfile:
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>>if (bjam clean)
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>if clean in $(ARGV)
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>>{
>>    SHELL "rm myVersioningFile.h" ;
>>}
>>else if (bjam -a)
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>if -a in $(ARGV)
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>>{
>>    SHELL "rm myVersioningFile.h" ;
>>    SHELL "prebuild.sh > myVersioningFile.h" ;
>>}
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>>Would anyone know how I can achieve the above pseudo code in a Jamfile.
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>If you are "inside" the BBv2 umbrella then you'll need to get the ARGV 
>from the system module.
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I'm using BBv2 can you tell me how I can get the ARGV variable from the 
system module?