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diff --git a/doc/man/scons.1 b/doc/man/scons.1 index f57169b..5d0f15d 100644 --- a/doc/man/scons.1 +++ b/doc/man/scons.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The SCons Foundation +.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The SCons Foundation .\" .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining .\" a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ .\" OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION .\" WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. .\" -.\" doc/man/scons.1 4577 2009/12/27 19:44:43 scons +.\" doc/man/scons.1 4629 2010/01/17 22:23:21 scons .\" -.TH SCONS 1 "December 2009" +.TH SCONS 1 "January 2010" .\" ES - Example Start - indents and turns off line fill .rm ES .de ES @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The .I SConstruct file can specify subsidiary configuration files using the -.B SConscript() +.BR SConscript () function. By convention, these subsidiary files are named @@ -5321,17 +5321,24 @@ The '\" .I src_dir '\" arguments are interpreted relative to the directory of the calling argument is interpreted relative to the directory of the calling -.BR SConscript file. +.B SConscript +file. See the description of the .BR VariantDir () function below for additional details and restrictions. If -'\" .IR variant_dir " is present, but" +.I variant_dir +is present, +'\" but '\" .IR src_dir " is not," -.IR variant_dir " is present," -the source directory is relative to the called -.BR SConscript " file." +the source directory is the directory in which the +.B SConscript +file resides and the +.B SConscript +file is evaluated as if it were in the +.I variant_dir +directory: .ES SConscript('src/SConscript', variant_dir = 'build') .EE @@ -5342,7 +5349,7 @@ SConscript('build/SConscript') .EE This later paradigm is often used when the sources are in the same directory as the -.BR SConstruct file: +.BR SConstruct: .ES SConscript('SConscript', variant_dir = 'build') .EE |