Re: [jamboost] Re: Newbie use-project question

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-28 01:25:11

Hi Andre,

> Never mind, it just didn't understand the ~ in the file path. I put in
> an absolute path and it worked fine.

Yes, "~" is a feature of Unix shell that we don't emulate. You can try this, 
though, in your Jamroot:

import os ;

path-constant HOME : [ os.environ HOME ] ;

Again, this depends on shell where you work, but I'd expect the HOME 
environment variable to be always set. 

- Volodya

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