[Boost-users] Re: bjam options

"Samuel" writes:

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Abrahams" To: Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:09 AM Subject: [Boost-users] Re: bjam options

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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.

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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:

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bjam "--help" Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam"

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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 http://www.boost-consulting.com