Re: [Boost-build] Advanced globbing

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Advanced globbing
From: Gevorg Voskanyan (v_gevorg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-14 04:29:41

Emil Dotchevski wrote:
> How can I use glob to get all .cpp and .hpp files in a directory but
> treat  file names that contain a dash like follows: if the name is in
> the form  *-$(platform)* then I want it included in the glob output
> just like dash-less  file names; all other file names with dashes I
> want to be  excluded.
> 
> For example, if $(platform) expands to "posix", I want files  like
> foo.cpp and foo-posix.cpp included in the glob output -- but  not
> foo-windows.cpp.

Something like this

import set : difference ;
local platform = posix ;
local sources = [ difference [ glob *.cpp ] : [ glob *-*.cpp ] ] [ glob 
*-$(platform)*.cpp ] ;
echo $(sources) ;

?

> Thanks,
> Emil

HTH,
Gevorg