Re: [Boost-build] Capture external program output using a Boost.J am variable

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Capture external program output using a Boost.J am variable
From: Daniel Lidström (daniel.lidstrom_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-02 03:34:11

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> I'm afraid you get to strip newline. E.g.:
> 
> 	ECHO "X:" ;
> 	local x = [ SHELL "date +%s" ] ;
> 	ECHO $(x) ;
> 	ECHO "Y:" ;
> 	local y = [ MATCH "(.*)[\n]" : $(x) ] ;
> 	ECHO $(y) ;
> 	ECHO "end" ;
[...]
> Let me know if this helps. Maybe, we should modify 'SHELL' to 
> (optionally)
> strip the last trailing whitspace?

I tried this with 3.1.17, and it seems to work perfectly!
Many thanks!

-- 
Daniel Lidström