Re: [boost] What does "xml this : this.qbk" do?

Subject: Re: [boost] What does "xml this : this.qbk" do?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-21 11:56:50

AMDG

On 05/21/2015 09:49 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:
> Documentation Jamfiles often contain a line like
> 
>    xml core : core.qbk ;
> 
> What does this line do? Is "xml" a rule? I haven't been able to find it
> anywhere.
> 

Rules are automatically defined for all target
types.  xml is just like exe or obj.  This
particular call says to create core.xml from
core.qbk.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe