[Scons-users] SConstruct default filename

[Kyle J Strand]

The man page is an attempt to document every available feature as 
completely as possible, while the User Guide is an introduction to using 
SCons. Neither is intended to be an "excerpt" of the other; they simply 
serve different purposes.

The very first build-related page in the User Guide (
http://scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user/c258.html) says this about 
SConstruct files:

        Enter the following into a file named SConstruct:

        Program('hello.c')

In most cases, I would guess that digging into the scons.bat file (let 
alone any of the source code files) is probably more difficult than 
rereading the relevant section on the User Guide or searching the man 
page.

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scons-users-bounces at scons.org wrote on 06/27/2012 02:42:31 PM:


> Ray Pasco <pascor at verizon.net> 

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> Re: [Scons-users] SConstruct default filename

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> On 2012-06-27 2:49 PM, Gary Oberbrunner wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Evan Driscoll <driscoll at cs.wisc.edu> 

wrote:


> On 6/25/2012 16:28, Ray Pasco wrote:



> As a newbie I've been stymied by a very basic and crucial ommission in

> the 2.1.0 User Guide.

> 

> What is the default SConstruct filename on win32 and posix

> platforms ? Thsi would be analogous to "makefile" for programs make

> and nmake.



> 

> Without looking at the user's guide I can't comment on how obvious or

> unobvious this is, but the name is "SConstruct". :-)



> 

> Pretty much at the top of the man page it says:

> 

> "By default, scons searches for a file named SConstruct, Sconstruct,

> or sconstruct (in that order) in the current directory and reads its

> configuration from the first file found. An alternate file name may be

> specified via the -f option."



> 

> The man pages don't get installed on non-MinGW win32 systems. 

> Until now I didn't realize they were posted online.

> I found the defaults by looking through the python code.

> I hope I won't have to figure out anything else by looking at the 

> scons.bat file.  :(

> 

> Up until now I'd assumed the man page info was taken from the User 

Guide. 

> It appears to be just the opposite.

> 

> Thanks,

> Ray

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