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| 20 | <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org/"><img height="86" width="277" |
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| 22 | </td> |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | <td valign="top"> |
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| 25 | <h1 align="center">Boost.Build</h1> |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | <h2 align="center">variables</h2> |
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| 28 | </td> |
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| 30 | </tbody> |
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| 31 | </table> |
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| 32 | <hr> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | <h2>Introduction</h2> |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | <p>Boost.Build's behaviour can be controlled by setting of variables either |
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| 37 | from the shell environment or using the |
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| 38 | "<code>-s<i>VARIABLE_NAME</i>=</code><i>value</i>" Jam command line option. |
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| 39 | Most of these variables are used internally and don't need to be |
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| 40 | manipulated by the user.</p> |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | <h2>Variables</h2> |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | <table border="1" summary="variables"> |
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| 45 | <tbody> |
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| 46 | <tr> |
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| 47 | <th>Variable Name</th> |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | <th>Semantics</th> |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | <th valign="top">Notes<br></th> |
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| 52 | </tr> |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | <tr> |
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| 55 | <td valign="top"><code>AS</code><br></td> |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | <td valign="top">Command to compile assermbler source files.<br></td> |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 60 | </tr> |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | <tr> |
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| 63 | <td valign="top"><code>ASFLAGS</code><br></td> |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | <td valign="top">Flags to pass to As command.<br></td> |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 68 | </tr> |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | <tr> |
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| 71 | <td valign="top"><code>AWK</code><br></td> |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | <td valign="top">Command to process awk commands.<br></td> |
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| 74 | |
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| 75 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 76 | </tr> |
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| 77 | |
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| 78 | <tr> |
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| 79 | <td valign="top"><code>CHMOD</code><br></td> |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | <td valign="top">Command to set the permissions of files.<br></td> |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 84 | </tr> |
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| 85 | |
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| 86 | <tr> |
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| 87 | <td><code>CP</code></td> |
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| 88 | |
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| 89 | <td>Command used to copy files.</td> |
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| 90 | |
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| 91 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 92 | </tr> |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | <tr> |
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| 95 | <td valign="top"><code>CRELIB</code><br></td> |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | <td valign="top">?<br></td> |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 100 | </tr> |
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| 101 | |
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| 102 | <tr> |
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| 103 | <td valign="top"><code>DLLMODE</code><br></td> |
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| 104 | |
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| 105 | <td valign="top">Permissions to set for generated shared library |
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| 106 | files.<br></td> |
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| 107 | |
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| 108 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 109 | </tr> |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | <tr> |
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| 112 | <td valign="top"><code>DLL_AS_LIB</code><br></td> |
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| 113 | |
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| 114 | <td valign="top">Platform flag indicating that when linking the |
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| 115 | platform treats shared libraries as link libraries when linking. |
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| 116 | Notably Win32 type platforms.<br></td> |
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| 117 | |
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| 118 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 119 | </tr> |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | <tr> |
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| 122 | <td valign="top"><code>DOT</code><br></td> |
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| 123 | |
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| 124 | <td valign="top">Representation of current directory in a |
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| 125 | path.<br></td> |
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| 126 | |
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| 127 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 128 | </tr> |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | <tr> |
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| 131 | <td valign="top"><code>DOTDOT</code><br></td> |
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| 132 | |
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| 133 | <td valign="top">Represetation of parent directory in a |
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| 134 | path.<br></td> |
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| 135 | |
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| 136 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 137 | </tr> |
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| 138 | |
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| 139 | <tr> |
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| 140 | <td valign="top"><code>EXEMODE</code><br></td> |
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| 141 | |
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| 142 | <td valign="top">Permissions to set for generated executable |
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| 143 | files.<br></td> |
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| 144 | |
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| 145 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 146 | </tr> |
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| 147 | |
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| 148 | <tr> |
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| 149 | <td valign="top"><code>FILEMODE</code><br></td> |
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| 150 | |
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| 151 | <td valign="top">Permissions to set for generated regular |
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| 152 | files.<br></td> |
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| 153 | |
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| 155 | </tr> |
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| 156 | |
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| 157 | <tr> |
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| 158 | <td valign="top"><code>FORTRAN</code><br></td> |
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| 159 | |
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| 160 | <td valign="top">Command to compile Fortran source files.<br></td> |
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| 161 | |
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| 162 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 163 | </tr> |
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| 164 | |
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| 165 | <tr> |
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| 166 | <td valign="top"><code>FORTRANFLAGS</code><br></td> |
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| 167 | |
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| 168 | <td valign="top">Flags to pass to FORTRAN command.<br></td> |
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| 169 | |
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| 170 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 171 | </tr> |
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| 172 | |
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| 173 | <tr> |
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| 174 | <td valign="top"><code>HDRS</code><br></td> |
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| 175 | |
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| 176 | <td valign="top">Default list of directories of platform |
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| 177 | headers.<br></td> |
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| 178 | |
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| 179 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 180 | </tr> |
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| 181 | |
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| 182 | <tr> |
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| 183 | <td valign="top"><code>HDRPATTERN</code><br></td> |
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| 184 | |
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| 185 | <td valign="top">Regex pattern used to match the file part of CPP |
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| 186 | include directives.<br></td> |
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| 187 | |
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| 188 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 189 | </tr> |
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| 190 | |
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| 191 | <tr> |
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| 192 | <td valign="top"><code>JAMFILE</code><br></td> |
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| 193 | |
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| 194 | <td valign="top">File to read build instructions/descriptions |
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| 195 | from.<br></td> |
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| 196 | |
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| 197 | <td valign="top">Default is "Jamfile".<br></td> |
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| 198 | </tr> |
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| 199 | |
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| 200 | <tr> |
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| 201 | <td valign="top"><code>JAMRULES</code><br></td> |
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| 202 | |
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| 203 | <td valign="top">File to read for global rules and variable.<br></td> |
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| 204 | |
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| 205 | <td valign="top">Default is "Jamrules".<br></td> |
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| 206 | </tr> |
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| 207 | |
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| 208 | <tr> |
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| 209 | <td valign="top"><code>JAMSHELL</code><br></td> |
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| 210 | |
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| 211 | <td valign="top">See Perforce/Jam documentation.<br></td> |
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| 212 | |
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| 213 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 214 | </tr> |
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| 215 | |
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| 216 | <tr> |
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| 217 | <td valign="top"><code>LEX</code><br></td> |
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| 218 | |
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| 219 | <td valign="top">Command for processing Lex compatible |
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| 220 | parsers.<br></td> |
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| 221 | |
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| 222 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 223 | </tr> |
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| 224 | |
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| 225 | <tr> |
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| 226 | <td valign="top"><code>LEX_OUTPUT</code><br></td> |
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| 227 | |
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| 228 | <td valign="top">LEX option to directly specify the output files to |
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| 229 | generate.<br></td> |
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| 230 | |
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| 231 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 232 | </tr> |
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| 233 | |
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| 234 | <tr> |
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| 235 | <td valign="top"><code>LN</code><br></td> |
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| 236 | |
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| 237 | <td valign="top">Command to create a hard-link to a file.<br></td> |
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| 238 | |
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| 239 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 240 | </tr> |
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| 241 | |
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| 242 | <tr> |
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| 243 | <td valign="top"><code>MANDIR</code><br></td> |
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| 244 | |
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| 245 | <td valign="top">Directory to install MAN documentation |
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| 246 | files.<br></td> |
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| 247 | |
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| 248 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 249 | </tr> |
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| 250 | |
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| 251 | <tr> |
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| 252 | <td valign="top"><code>MKDIR</code><br></td> |
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| 253 | |
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| 254 | <td valign="top">Command to create a directory.<br></td> |
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| 255 | |
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| 256 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 257 | </tr> |
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| 258 | |
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| 259 | <tr> |
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| 260 | <td valign="top"><code>MV</code></td> |
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| 261 | |
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| 262 | <td valign="top">Command to rename files.<br></td> |
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| 263 | |
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| 264 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 265 | </tr> |
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| 266 | |
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| 267 | <tr> |
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| 268 | <td valign="top"><code>NOARSCAN</code></td> |
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| 269 | |
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| 270 | <td valign="top">Platforms archive format does not support |
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| 271 | scanning.</td> |
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| 272 | |
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| 273 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 274 | </tr> |
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| 275 | |
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| 276 | <tr> |
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| 277 | <td valign="top"><code>OSFULL</code><br></td> |
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| 278 | |
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| 279 | <td valign="top">List of all the variations of the OS platform name |
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| 280 | and version.<br></td> |
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| 281 | |
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| 282 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 283 | </tr> |
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| 284 | |
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| 285 | <tr> |
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| 286 | <td valign="top"><code>PREDLL</code></td> |
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| 287 | |
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| 288 | <td valign="top">Prefix for generated shared library files.<br></td> |
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| 289 | |
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| 290 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 291 | </tr> |
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| 292 | |
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| 293 | <tr> |
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| 294 | <td valign="top"><code>PRELIB</code><br></td> |
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| 295 | |
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| 296 | <td valign="top">Prefix for generated link library files.<br></td> |
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| 297 | |
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| 298 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 299 | </tr> |
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| 300 | |
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| 301 | <tr> |
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| 302 | <td valign="top"><code>RANLIB</code><br></td> |
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| 303 | |
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| 304 | <td valign="top">Command to post-process archives or link |
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| 305 | libraries.<br></td> |
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| 306 | |
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| 307 | <td valign="top">Set to empty ("") if there is no command.<br></td> |
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| 308 | </tr> |
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| 309 | |
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| 310 | <tr> |
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| 311 | <td valign="top"><code>RELOCATE</code><br></td> |
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| 312 | |
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| 313 | <td valign="top">Flag to indicate that the platform compiler does not |
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| 314 | support placing generated object files, so we must move |
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| 315 | them.<br></td> |
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| 316 | |
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| 317 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 318 | </tr> |
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| 319 | |
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| 320 | <tr> |
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| 321 | <td valign="top"><code>RM</code></td> |
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| 322 | |
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| 323 | <td valign="top">Command used to delete files.<br></td> |
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| 324 | |
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| 325 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 326 | </tr> |
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| 327 | |
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| 328 | <tr> |
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| 329 | <td valign="top"><code>SED</code><br></td> |
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| 330 | |
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| 331 | <td valign="top">Command to execute sed scripts.<br></td> |
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| 333 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 334 | </tr> |
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| 335 | |
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| 336 | <tr> |
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| 337 | <td valign="top"><code>SHELLHEADER</code><br></td> |
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| 338 | |
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| 339 | <td valign="top">Header to prepend in generated shell |
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| 340 | scripts.<br></td> |
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| 341 | |
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| 342 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 343 | </tr> |
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| 344 | |
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| 345 | <tr> |
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| 346 | <td valign="top"><code>SHELLMODE</code><br></td> |
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| 347 | |
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| 348 | <td valign="top">Permissions to set for generated shell script |
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| 349 | files.<br></td> |
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| 350 | |
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| 351 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 352 | </tr> |
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| 353 | |
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| 354 | <tr> |
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| 355 | <td valign="top"><code>SHELL_EXPORT</code><br></td> |
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| 356 | |
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| 357 | <td valign="top">Command for exporting variables set by Boost.Build |
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| 358 | to the shell. Not set if there is no command.<br></td> |
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| 359 | |
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| 360 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 361 | </tr> |
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| 362 | |
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| 363 | <tr> |
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| 364 | <td valign="top"><code>SHELL_SET</code><br></td> |
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| 365 | |
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| 366 | <td valign="top">Comamnd for setting variables in the shell. Includes |
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| 367 | trailing " " as needed. Set to empty ("") if there is no |
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| 368 | command.<br></td> |
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| 370 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 371 | </tr> |
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| 372 | |
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| 373 | <tr> |
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| 374 | <td valign="top"><code>SLASH</code><br></td> |
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| 375 | |
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| 376 | <td valign="top">Directory and file separator of the platform.</td> |
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| 377 | |
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| 378 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 379 | </tr> |
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| 380 | |
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| 381 | <tr> |
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| 382 | <td valign="top"><code>SOURCE_GENERATING_EXTENSIONS</code><br></td> |
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| 383 | |
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| 384 | <td valign="top">A list of all file extensions which generate source |
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| 385 | files when built.<br></td> |
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| 386 | |
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| 387 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 388 | </tr> |
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| 389 | |
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| 390 | <tr> |
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| 391 | <td valign="top"><code>SPLITPATH</code><br></td> |
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| 392 | |
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| 393 | <td valign="top">Separator of the platform for variables that hold a |
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| 394 | list of paths.</td> |
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| 395 | |
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| 396 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 397 | </tr> |
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| 398 | |
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| 399 | <tr> |
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| 400 | <td valign="top"><code>STDHDRS</code><br></td> |
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| 401 | |
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| 402 | <td valign="top">Directory location of standard C/C++ |
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| 403 | headers.<br></td> |
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| 404 | |
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| 405 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 406 | </tr> |
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| 407 | |
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| 408 | <tr> |
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| 409 | <td valign="top"><code>SUFDLL</code></td> |
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| 410 | |
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| 411 | <td valign="top">Suffix for generated shared library files.<br></td> |
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| 412 | |
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| 413 | <td valign="top">Includes any "." as needed.</td> |
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| 414 | </tr> |
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| 415 | |
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| 416 | <tr> |
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| 417 | <td valign="top"><code>SUFFEXE</code><br></td> |
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| 418 | |
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| 419 | <td valign="top">Suffix for generated executable files.<br></td> |
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| 420 | |
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| 421 | <td valign="top">Includes any "." as needed.<br></td> |
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| 422 | </tr> |
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| 423 | |
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| 424 | <tr> |
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| 425 | <td valign="top"><code>SUFLIB</code><br></td> |
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| 426 | |
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| 427 | <td valign="top">Suffix for generated link library files.<br></td> |
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| 428 | |
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| 429 | <td valign="top">Includes any "." as needed.</td> |
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| 430 | </tr> |
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| 431 | |
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| 432 | <tr> |
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| 433 | <td valign="top"><code>SUFOBJ</code><br></td> |
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| 434 | |
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| 435 | <td valign="top">Suffix for generated compiled object files.<br></td> |
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| 436 | |
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| 437 | <td valign="top">Includes any "." as needed.<br></td> |
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| 438 | </tr> |
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| 439 | |
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| 440 | <tr> |
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| 441 | <td valign="top"><code>YACC</code><br></td> |
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| 442 | |
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| 443 | <td valign="top">Command for processing Yacc compatible |
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| 444 | grammars.<br></td> |
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| 445 | |
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| 446 | <td valign="top"><br></td> |
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| 447 | </tr> |
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| 448 | |
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| 449 | <tr> |
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| 450 | <td valign="top"><code>YACCFILES</code><br></td> |
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| 451 | |
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| 452 | <td valign="top">The filenames that the YACC command |
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| 453 | produces.<br></td> |
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| 456 | </tr> |
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| 457 | |
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| 458 | <tr> |
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| 459 | <td valign="top"><code>YACCFLAGS</code><br></td> |
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| 460 | |
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| 461 | <td valign="top">Extra flags to pass to the YACC command.<br></td> |
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| 465 | |
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| 466 | <tr> |
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| 467 | <td valign="top"><code>YACC_OUTPUT</code><br></td> |
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| 468 | |
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| 469 | <td valign="top">YACC option to directly specify the output files to |
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| 470 | generate.<br></td> |
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| 473 | </tr> |
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| 474 | </tbody> |
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| 475 | </table> |
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| 476 | <hr> |
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| 477 | |
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| 478 | <p>Revised |
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| 479 | <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan --> |
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| 480 | 14 May, 2002 <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" --></p> |
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| 481 | |
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| 482 | <p>Copyright © Rene Rivera 2002.</p> |
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| 483 | |
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| 484 | <p><small>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See |
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| 485 | accompanying file <a href="../../../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or |
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| 486 | copy at <a href= |
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| 487 | "http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</small></p> |
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