Re: [jamboost] Re: What is the point of project-root.jam/Jamroot?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-29 10:56:49

On Wednesday 29 December 2004 18:03, Steven Knight wrote:
> > > >> There's no precedent for that in any build system
> > > >> I've seen,
> > > >
> > > > SCons?
> > >
> > > SCons requires a file at the root of a project that isn't called
> > > Sconsfile? That's news to me.
> >
> > The top-level file is called SConstruct, and it invokes subsidiary files
> > called SConstript. Probably, it's just a convention and subsidiary files
> > can have any name...
>
> That's correct, subsidiary SCons config files are named "SConscript"
> purely by convention. 

But, you can't name subsidiary config file SConstruct, right? In other words, 
can you write:

SConscirpt("d/SConstruct")

and have everything work?

- Volodya