Re: [Boost-build] How to get source file pathname?

From: Phillip Seaver (phil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-16 16:45:21

Would $(sources:S=.L) work?

Mark Evans wrote:
> I found a solution to this but it required effort at the shell level
> in the actions block  using sed to translate $(>) to the desired
> filename.  Is there any other way?
>
> Maybe it's not such a dumb question after all.
>
> */Mark Evans <evans_mark_at_[hidden]>/* wrote:
>
>     This is a dumb question:
>
>     From an action rule, I need to get the pathname(s) of source
>     file(s) that are in a dependent project outside of the current
>     project.  I need to generate command to remove an unwanted listing
>     file this particular compiler produces in the same directory as
>     the source file.
>
>     The command sequence would be something like:
>
>     ptal   ../../foo/bar.tal
>     rm -f  ../../foo/bar.L
>
>     How do I get "../../foo/bar.tal" in the compile rule for .tal
>     files?  I.e.,
>
>     rule compile.ptal ( targets * : sources * : pro perties * )
>     {
>        # How to get actual path of $(sources) ????
>     }
>