How to force Scons output (exe, obj, lib & dll) to specific build directory?

Question

I\'ve been trying to get scons to output exe, obj, lib and dll files to a specific build directory.

My file structure looks like this:

/projectdir
          


        

Answer 1

The easiest way I've found is to use 2 files, a SConstruct file and a separate SConscript.

In the SConstruct you simply call the other file and specify the directory for the build output:

# content SConstruct
SConscript('main.scons', variant_dir='build', duplicate=0)

Then in 'main.scons' you do the meat of your build. You can forget about variant directories in this file.

# content of main.scons
env = Environment()
env.Program('Hierarchy',
            source = ['source/sconstest.cpp', 'source/utils/IntUtil.cpp'])