Re: [Boost-build] How to force overwriting a file?

From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-21 01:37:11

Robert Kawulak wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have the following problem: I build documentation written in Quickbook, but I
> want to replace one of the generated files with a custom version. In some way I
> have to let bjam know I want to overwrite the file (or delete the generated file
> so it is copied via install command). Could anybody give me a clue how to do
> this? Thanks in advance!
> 
> This is part of my Jamfile.v2:
> 
> boostbook constrained_value-doc : src/constrained_value.qbk ;
> install html/constrained_value : src/reference.html :
> <dependency>constrained_value-doc ; # doesn't work

Doesn't work in what way? In general, there's no way to do what you want, but in
the specific case of boostbook, we don't track individual files that are created,
so things should be ok.

- Volodya