Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3213: Add -C (change directory) option to bjam
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-24 03:36:01
#3213: Add -C (change directory) option to bjam
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Reporter: jewillco | Owner: grafik
Type: Feature Requests | Status: new
Milestone: Boost 1.40.0 | Component: bjam
Version: Boost 1.39.0 | Severity: Not Applicable
Keywords: |
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GNU Make has a very useful command line flag -C (or --directory) that
changes the directory to its argument before starting make. This is
different than changing it in your shell because Make's change is local to
its process (and its subprocesses) and does not change the outside user
environment. One example of where this is useful is if I am working in
boost/graph, and would like to re-run the Boost.Graph test suite. With
-C, all I would need to do is:
bjam -C ../../libs/graph/test
and the tests would be run as though I changed into that directory, ran
bjam, and then changed back. I believe that this feature would be very
convenient. More documentation is available at
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Options-Summary.
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