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4.5 Build Script Methods

rscons provides several methods that a build script can use.

• autoconf (see Configure Task)
• build_dir which returns the path to the top-level Rscons build directory
• clean (see Clean Task)
• configure (see Configure Task)
• default (see Default Task)
• download (see Downloading Files: The download Method)
• distclean (see Distclean Task)
• glob (see Finding Files: The glob Method)
• install (see Install Task)
• param (see Task Parameters)
• path_append (see PATH Management)
• path_components (see PATH Management)
• path_prepend (see PATH Management)
• path_set (see PATH Management)
• project_name (see Configure Task)
• rscons (see Using Subsidiary Build Scripts: The rscons Method)
• sh (see (Executing Commands: The sh Method)
• task (see Tasks)
• uninstall (see Uninstall Task)
• variant (see Variants)
• variant_enabled? (see Variant Groups)
• variant_group (see Variant Groups)
• with_variants (see Variant Groups)

Additionally, the following methods from the Ruby FileUtils module are made available for the build script to call directly:

• cd
• chmod
• chmod_R
• chown
• chown_R
• cp
• cp_lr
• cp_r
• install
• ln
• ln_s
• ln_sf
• mkdir
• mkdir_p
• mv
• pwd
• rm
• rm_f
• rm_r
• rm_rf
• rmdir
• touch

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