GetLaunchDir Function
If you need to find the directory from
which the user invoked the scons command,
you can use the GetLaunchDir function:
env = Environment(
LAUNCHDIR = GetLaunchDir(),
)
env.Command('directory_build_info',
'$LAUNCHDIR/build_info'
Copy('$TARGET', '$SOURCE'))
Because SCons is usually invoked from the top-level
directory in which the SConstruct file lives,
the Python os.getcwd()
is often equivalent.
However, the SCons
-u,
-U
and
-D
command-line options,
when invoked from a subdirectory,
will cause SCons to change to the directory
in which the SConstruct file is found.
When those options are used,
GetLaunchDir will still return the path to the
user's invoking subdirectory,
allowing the SConscript configuration
to still get at configuration (or other) files
from the originating directory.