question boost wrote:
Hi,
I get the same message using your command line.
This is not possible. Did you try, *EXACTLY* this: bjam --build-dir="C:/Program Files/boost/directory_1" --toolset=gcc stage ? What happens if you try *EXACTLY*: bjam --toolset=gcc stage ?
My question is about section 5.2.4 here http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html#build-directory: and about nothing else. Tell me why the procedure indicated goes wrong and why I get this error message. Maybe a wrong environment variable or anything else but i have no idea what it is.
Dave, the referenced page goes to say: C:\WINDOWS> cd C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1 C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1> bjam ^ More? --build-dir=C:\temp\build-boost ^ More? --toolset=msvc stage 1. Is this caret syntax known to work on all Windows versions? 2. Given that it's not a common syntax, I think it should be explained in text, not as a footnote. - Volodya