[Boost-users] bjam doesn't like filenames with '++' in them???

From: Paul Kerchen (pkerchen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-07 12:18:03

I'm using bjam for a project that needs to copy some third party dlls 
(ImageMagick) to an installation directory.  One of those dlls has '++' in 
the filename, which, under Windows at least, is legal, but bjam can't seem 
to deal with it.  This line:
InstallInto $(BIN_INSTALL_DIR) : CORE_RL_Magick++_.dll ;

results in this output:

Install AppInstall\CORE_RL_Magick++_.dll
The system cannot find the file specified.

copy  ImageMagick\CORE_RL_Magick++_.dll  AppInstall\CORE_RL_Magick++_.dll

...failed Install AppInstall\CORE_RL_Magick++_.dll...
...failed updating 1 target...

I've verified that the source file does exist and all of the other DLLs in 
the same directory are copied without a problem.  I've tried several things 
to work around the problem: escaping the '+' characters, putting the whole 
filename in quotes, definining variables that I can use to construct a 
filename with.  However, it seems to come down to InstallInto not being able 
to deal with '++' in filenames.  And since this is a third party DLL, I 
can't simply rename the file.

I've searched the Boost newsgroups and FAQs for an answer, but no one seems 
to have encountered this problem, so that leads me to believe that I'm doing 
something wrong.  Has anyone had this problem before?  Does anyone have any 
ideas on how to fix it?  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

Paul Kerchen