Hi,

From a jamfile I'd like to run one of my own utility programs to generate a data file from all files with a certain extension in a certain directory.

I've tried each of the below [1][2][3] and all fail (usually by saying it doesn't know how to make "tactest_positions.19.dat").

(../tests is the directory the Jamfile is in).

The data file produced is then one of the dependencies for certain unit tests. The below excerpts are from rule Test { ... }

local ftest = tactest_positions.19.dat ;

#Depends $(ftest) : ../unit_tests/sgf/19.tac/*.sgf ;

switch $(fout) { case *tacsearch* : Depends $(fout) : $(fexe) $(ftest) ; case * : Depends $(fout) : $(fexe) ; }

The uncommented lines work (as long as $(ftest) exists), but if I uncomment the Depends line I get: "don't know how to make ../unit_tests/sgf/19.tac/*.sgf"

(BTW, in the real Jamfile the "19" is actually ${2} - if that makes a difference let me know).

I suspect my two problems are related and I'm missing some fundamental understanding. Could someone kindly point me to the correct tree to bark up? Thanks,

Darren

[1]: rule tactest_positions.19.dat CompileTacFile19 ;

actions CompileTacFile19 { ../progs/tactests_compile/19.tactests_compile.exe ../tests/tactest_positions.19.dat ../unit_tests/sgf/19.tac/*.sgf }

[2] (also tried without quotes) GenFile tactest_positions.19.dat : "../progs/tactests_compile/19.tactests_compile.exe ../tests/tactest_positions.19.dat ../unit_tests/sgf/19.tac/*.sgf" ;

[3] (also tried without quotes) Depends tactest_positions.19.dat : "../progs/tactests_compile/19.tactests_compile.exe ../tests/tactest_positions.19.dat ../unit_tests/sgf/19.tac/*.sgf" ;