Re: [jamboost] Re: tools/build/build_system.htm examples wrong?

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-29 23:47:58

[2003-06-30] David Abrahams wrote:

>Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> The "Initiating a Build" section of .../tools/build/build_system.htm has
a 
>> table with several command line examples. For example:
>>
>> bjam -sBUILD="<cxxflags>/G6"
>>
>> At least on my Win XP system, that doesn't work. It has to be:
>>
>> bjam "-sBUILD=<cxxflags>/G6"
>>
>> I'm not entirely sure, but wouldn't be surprised if every case is wrong 
>> where the double-quote is in the middle of an argument.
>
>Very suprising. I never had a problem with that syntax on XP myself.
>
>> If someone with a better understanding of bjam (and how various operating 
>> systems parse arguments) will confirm that, I'll update the HTML.
>
>All I have for you is anti-confirmation.

And I have a similar anti-confirmation... both forms work for me in Win-2K.

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