Re: [Boost-build] Copy file to output directory

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Copy file to output directory
From: Ian Emmons (iemmons_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-04 17:20:14

Here is the solution that I used, which may not be as correct, but it's less verbose and it works:

   import common ;

   make FileToCopy.txt : ./FileToCopy.txt : @common.copy ;

That will always copy the file.  If the file is only needed by some other target, you can do this:

   import common ;

   explicit FileToCopy.txt ;
   make FileToCopy.txt : ./FileToCopy.txt : @common.copy ;

Then in that other target's build requirements (in my case it's a unit-test target), add this:

   <dependency>FileToCopy.txt

Cheers,

Ian

On Apr 4, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Gevorg Voskanyan wrote:
> sichent wrote:
>> Hello boost build users,
>> 
>> maybe someone could please help me, I need to  copy the file from source 
>> directory (where Jamfile is located) to output  directory (where binary is 
>> finally built to).
>> 
>> Seems quite simple but I am  unable to find out the way to specify the output 
>> directory as it depends on  build variant, address mode and so on.
>> 
>> Thanks in  advance,
>> sich
> 
> 
> # WARNING: untested, typed directly in e-mail client
> 
> install install-file : file.txt : 
> <variant>debug,<address-model>32:<location>bin_debug32
> 
> <variant>release,<address-model>32:<location>bin_release32 ; #etc.
> 
> , which won't quite work yet unless address-model is set explicitly, or:
> 
> install install-file : file.txt : <conditional>@file-install-location ;
> 
> import property-set ;
> 
> rule file-install-location ( properties * )
> {
>   local ps = [ property-set.create $(properties) ] ;
>   local variant = [ $(ps).get <variant> ] ;
>   local addr-model = [ $(ps).get <address-model> ] ;
>   addr-model ?= 32 ; # if <address-model>32 is assumed by default
>   return <location>bin_$(variant)$(addr-model) ;
> }
> 
> HTH,
> Gevorg
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