Re: [Boost-build] Generated header files.

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Generated header files.
From: Mathias Lorente (mathias.lorente_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-03 11:09:16

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 December 2008 17:36:05 Mathias Lorente wrote:
>   
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I use bjam to build a library which relies on some generated header files.
>> These files are generated by a specific application which is also built 
>> using bjam.
>> I added a dependency for my library so that the application is built 
>> before the library.
>> But:
>> - I didn't manage to launch the application in order to generate the 
>> necessary header files before the library is being built.
>>     
>
> Hi Mathias,
>
> it's generally best to show what approaches you've tried, so that you
> get help about your specific issue, not some approximation. Generally,
> something like this should work:
>
>
> 	exe header_generator : header_generator.cpp ;
> 	make header.h : header_generator : @generate-header ;
> 	actions generate-header 
> 	{
> 		$(>) > $(<)
> 	}
> 	lib header_user : header_user.cpp : <implicit-dependency>header.h ;
>
> - Volodya
>   
Hello Volodya,

Thanks for your reply.
In fact my 'header generator' uses input files (let's say .txt) which 
are parsed/modified/... to make the corresponding .h files.
Until now, I was launching the generator by hand and it was working on 
all files in the specified directory (as command line parameter).
I suppose I would have to modify it in order to make it take one file at 
a time. Then I could probably generate a list of input files and use 
your piece of script (or try to use the generator from standard module).
Am I in the right way?
Mathias