[Boost-users] Re: bjam options

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-08 17:58:10

"Samuel" <samuel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost-users_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:09 AM
> Subject: [Boost-users] Re: bjam options
>
>
>> They produce identical results for me.
>> What command shell are you using?
>
> This is for Windows; the command shell or command prompt or whatever that is
> normal for Windows.

Which Windows?  I am using XP Pro here.

>> This is not a function of the bjam executable, but the environment in
>> which it is invoked.  The command shell is supposed to strip the
>> quotes when invoking the executable.  If yours isn't doing that,
>> it should be considered buggy.  Try:
>>
>>   bjam -f- "--help"
>>   ECHO $(ARGV) ;
>>
>> Note space before ';'.  Enter an EOF in whatever way your environment
>> spells it (^D on Unix, ^z on Windoze...)
>> Post the output.

Sorry, I left something out of the test:

       bjam -f- "--help" --help
       ECHO %$(ARGV)% ;
       ^Z

> I tried a quick test. In a C++ program I put:
>
> int i;
> for (i=0; i< argc; ++i)
>     cout << i << ' ' << argv[i] << '\n';
>
> Then I executed the program using the following as a command line:
>
> "An option with spaces"
>
> The output was:
>
> 1 An option with spaces
>
> Yet if I execute bjam as in the following I get the results shown:
>
>>bjam "--help"
> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam"
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Attempted search from S:\Software\Boost\boost-jam-3.1.10-1-ntx86 up to the
> root
> Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.

And if you immediately do the same thing without the quotes, in the
same directory, what happens?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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