Re: [Boost-users] usage of bcp

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] usage of bcp
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-08 10:36:31

>>> I've been reconsidering the use of bcp to import boost code into a
>>> public-facing portion of our api for intrusive_ptr, I've read the
>>> documentation somewhat, and tried using the command as follows:
>>>
>>> C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_41_0\>bcp intrusive_ptr 
>>> ../../intrusive_ptr
>>
>> What directory is it being run from?  If it doesn't know where the 
>> Boost root directory is then the "intrusive_ptr" arg will be flagged 
>> as an error leading to the help screen.  So either... use the 
>> --boost=path option to set the location of the boost tree, or else cd 
>> into Boost's root directory and:
>>
>> bcp boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp destination-path
>>
>> to get just the header and it's dependencies, or else:
>>
>> bcp intrusive destination-path
>>
>> to get all of the "intrusive" library and it's dependencies - 
>> including those of the example and test programs - ie quite a lot of 
>> code.
>>
>> Using "intrusive_ptr" as a name failed, because there is no such 
>> library name in boost... it's spelled "intrusive" instead.
> 
> Do you mean smart_ptr instead of intrusive?

Ah, yes quite right, good catch!

Thanks, John.