on Tue Nov 13 2007, David Walthall <walthall-AT-stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
Vladimir Prus wrote:
question boost wrote:
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.
I also suggest that you choose a directory with spaces in it so that it is clear that you need to quote the path.
C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1> bjam ^ More? --build-dir="C:\temp\build boost" ^ More? --toolset=msvc stage
Done in svn trunk. Thanks for the suggestions, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com