SconstructShortMsvcWin32BuildDir - ajf58/scons GitHub Wiki

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It you want your build directory in another directory tree, try this:

#!python
import glob
env = Environment()

#variable to hold the build directory (relative)
mybuilddir = '../debug/myprogram'

#set up an alternate build directory
BuildDir('#' + mybuilddir, "#.", duplicate=0)

#target is myprogram.exe (win32) in the current directory
#lambda translates source file names relative to build directory
env.Program('myprogram', source=map(lambda x: '#' + mybuilddir + '/' + x, glob.glob('*.cpp')))

this assumes that your dir tree looks like this

    ...\Debug
             \myprogram
             \hisprogram
             \herprogram
    ...\myprogram
    ...\hisprogram
    ...\herprogram

Note that you can use absolute path names for mybuilddir

errata: don't need Split() for source files

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In the above situations, the target file 'myprogram.exe' is placed in the currect directory. If you want the target file to also be put into the build directory, try this:

#!python
import glob
env = Environment()

#variable to hold the build directory (relative)
mybuilddir = '../debug/myprogram'

#set up an alternate build directory
BuildDir('#' + mybuilddir, "#.", duplicate=0)

#target is myprogram.exe (win32) in the build directory
#lambda translates source file names relative to build directory
env.Program(mybuilddir + '/myprogram', source=map(lambda x: '#' + mybuilddir + '/' + x, glob.glob('*.cpp')))

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Assuming that the project name is the same as the executable name is the same as the build directory name...

#!python
import glob

#project name is the root name for the executable and build directory
project = 'myproject'

#buildroot is where all project build directories reside
buildroot = '../debug'

#-------
#From here on will be common to all projects

#holds the project build directory
builddir = buildroot + '/' + project
#holds the path to the target file in the project build directory
targetpath = builddir + '/' + project

env = Environment()

#define the build directory for scons
BuildDir('#' + builddir, "#.", duplicate=0)

env.Program(targetpath, source=map(lambda x: '#' + builddir + '/' + x, glob.glob('*.cpp')))