Re: [Boost-build] Excluding files from glob

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-18 12:54:03

Noel Belcourt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We've got a couple of source directories that we depend on but cannot 
> otherwise modify.  Our problem is that there are ~500 source files in 
> this directory and I want to glob all the files but one.  Is there some 
> notation to allow me to exclude one or more files from a glob?  I'd 
> really hate to have to enumerate each source file in the Jamfile.

Assuming BBv2 for this example... Something like this should work:

import set ;
import path ;

local files =
   [ set.difference
     [ path.glob /path/ : *.cpp ] : [ path.glob /path/ : special.cpp ]
     ] ;

Of course adjust for your context :-)

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