Re: [Boost-build] [glob *.cpp] excluding main.cpp

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [glob *.cpp] excluding main.cpp
From: Robert Collyer (rcollyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-06 09:58:28

Andrej,
glob accepts a second parameter, a list of files/patterns to exclude.  
So, to exclude main.cpp you would use [ glob *.cpp : main.cpp ]

Rob Collyer

On 4/6/11 5:06 AM, Andrej van der Zee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sometimes I write a library with many files and want to add a main.cpp
> in the same directory for quick testing. Instead of listing all the
> *.cpp files for the lib explicitly, would there be a way to specify
> all *.cpp files except for main.cpp?
>
> For example:
>
> lib soname
> 	: [ glob *.cpp ]  # exclude main.cpp
> 	;
>
> Cheers,
> Andrej
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