Re: [Boost-build] Locating a Boost build command

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Locating a Boost build command
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-19 17:09:14

On 8/19/2015 3:11 PM, Rene Rivera wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]
> <mailto:eldiener_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
>     I see in a current Boost build jamfile (
>     libs\context\build\Jamfile.v2 ) that the command 'cpp' is being
>     invoked for a particular action. Is 'cpp' a built-in command ? If so
>     where would I find its explanation, or where would I find
>     explanations for any built-in commands ?
>
>
> It's not a built in command. That build file assumes that 'cpp' is an
> executable (since it's inside an action) readily available in the PATH.
> For BB there are no built-in commands. Anything in the actions must be
> available from the operating system somehow.

Understood ! Thanks !