Re: [Boost-build] glob from the location of the Jamfile

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-03 02:56:10

On Tuesday 03 April 2007 10:17, Dave Rahardja wrote:
> How come path.glob works from the path of the Jamfile that is used from the
> command line, instead of from the path of the Jamfile it is in?

Because path.glob works from the current directory, which is the directory
where you invoke bjam. That's reasonable, because path.glob is low-level
feature.

You can use 'glob' rule (unqualified), in Jamfile context, to glob
relatively to Jamfile. Please see:

        http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/reference/rules.html

> import path : glob ;

Just remove this line....

> 
> local SOURCE_DIR = source ;
> local SOURCES = [ glob SOURCE_DIR : *.c *.cpp ] ;

and use

        [ glob *.c *cpp ] 

- Volodya