Re: [Boost-build] How to specify the build bin directory

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-04 08:57:35

Peter Foley wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Reading through the Boost.Build V2 documentation I am unable to find how
> to specify a location to place the intermediate files that are created
> from compiling and linking an application into a specified location.

You can either use 'build-dir' project attribute -- on permanent basic, or

> 
> Reading previous messages to the Boost.Build list I believe that "bjam
> --build-dir=location" should do the trick.  Other messages suggest that
> this is currently broken.

.. you can use --build-dir=location on the command line, which use to be
broken in some corner case but is believed to work now.

- Volodya