Re: [Boost-build] Run a program on anything

From: Chris Hoeppler (hoeppler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-26 07:44:52

Renaud Lepere <renaud.lepere <at> alma.fr> writes:

> I had a similar problem as you recently, i needed to generate an svnrev.h
> file with an external tool called svnrev. Here is the solution
> 
> make svnrev.h : main.cpp gui.cpp gui.h storage.cpp storage.h : svnrev ;
> actions svnrev
> {
>  	svnrev -o$(<) $(>)
> }
> 
> I found a little documentation on the 'make' rule here 
> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?
Boost.Build_V2/UsingStandardGenerators

Thanks, that'll get me going.

Chris