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From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-03 12:47:19


On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 04:37 PM, Beman Dawes wrote:

> At 03:10 AM 2/3/2003, Matthias Troyer wrote:
>
> >prompt$
> >../tools/regression/build/bin/process_jam_log/cray/release/
> >process_jam_log
> >Usage: bjam [bjam-args] | process_jam_log [locate-root]
> > locate-root is the same as the bjam ALL_LOCATE_TARGET
> > parameter, if any. Default is boost-root.
> >boost_root: /u/ph/troyer/boost
> >locate_root: /u/ph/troyer/boost
> >
> >
> >I thus added $boost_root to the command. Was that unnecessary, since
> as
> >the output shows it seems to find boost_root?
>
> Yes, it was unnecessary. It looks like process_jam_log is working
> correctly.
>
> > In that case I am confused why it prints a usage message.
>
> Just a local convention of mine to always print a usage message if a
> program is invoked without arguments.

Well, that explains it. Since the output was not correct at first (a
jam problem as we realized later), I thought that this usage warning is
the source of the problem.

Thanks,

Matthias


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