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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-22 10:28:23

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Daniel Schlyder <daniel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Is there an equivalent to make's shell function in Boost.Build v1? Ie. a way
> to do something like
>
> greeting = [ shell echo Hello, world! ] ;

'fraid not. The fundamental capability is missing from bjam. It's
not simple to implement portably.

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Dave Abrahams
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