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dinfuehr
dinfuehr

Reputation: 597

SCons copying program after compilation to parent directory

I am trying to copy the generated program file to the parent directory after compilation automatically.

I tried this, but this doesn't work.

env.Program( "program_name", [ "file1.cc", "file2.cc" ] )
Copy( "../program_name", "program_name" )

How can I do this with SCons?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2562

Answers (1)

Brady
Brady

Reputation: 10357

A better approach would be to use the target and the Command() builder, like this:

prgTarget = env.Program( "program_name", [ "file1.cc", "file2.cc" ] )
Command(target = "../program_name",
        source = prgTarget,
        action = Copy("$TARGET", "$SOURCE"))

Or depending on the situation, use the Install() builder, like this:

prgTarget = env.Program( "program_name", [ "file1.cc", "file2.cc" ] )
Install("../program_name", source = prgTarget)

Upvotes: 8

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