SconstructMultiple

This shows how to have multiple sub-projects driven from a single sconstruct.

It assumes a directory structure:

...\Sconstruct                ; main sconstruct file
...\herprogram\sconscript     ; sconscript for sub-project
              \src files      ; the source files for the sub-project
...\hisprogram\sconscript
              \src files
...\myprogram\sconscript
             \src files

...\debug\herprogram          ; the debug build directory for sub-project
...\debug\hisprogram
...\debug\myprogram
...\release\herprogram        ; the release build directory for sub-project
...\release\hisprogram
...\release\myprogram

The command line looks like this:

scons myprogram                ; build project 'myprogram' in release mode
scons hisprogram               ; build project 'hisprogram' in release mode

scons herprogram               ; build project 'herprogram' in release mode
scons mode=debug herprogram    ; build project 'herprogram' in debug mode
scons mode=release herprogram  ; build project 'herprogram' in release mode

SConstruct:

#!python
#get the mode flag from the command line
#default to 'release' if the user didn't specify
mymode = ARGUMENTS.get('mode', 'release')   #holds current mode

#check if the user has been naughty: only 'debug' or 'release' allowed
if not (mymode in ['debug', 'release']):
   print "Error: expected 'debug' or 'release', found: " + mymode
   Exit(1)

#tell the user what we're doing
print '**** Compiling in ' + mymode + ' mode...'

debugcflags = ['-W1', '-GX', '-EHsc', '-D_DEBUG', '/MDd']   #extra compile flags for debug
releasecflags = ['-O2', '-EHsc', '-DNDEBUG', '/MD']         #extra compile flags for release

env = Environment()

#make sure the sconscripts can get to the variables
Export('env', 'mymode', 'debugcflags', 'releasecflags')

#put all .sconsign files in one place
env.SConsignFile()

#specify the sconscript for myprogram
project = 'myprogram'
SConscript(project + '/sconscript', exports=['project'])

#specify the sconscript for hisprogram
project = 'hisprogram'
SConscript(project + '/sconscript', exports=['project'])

#specify the sconscript for herprogram
project = 'herprogram'
SConscript(project + '/sconscript', exports=['project'])

SConscript:

#!python
import glob

#get all the build variables we need
Import('env', 'project', 'mymode', 'debugcflags', 'releasecflags')
localenv = env.Copy()

buildroot = '../' + mymode  #holds the root of the build directory tree
builddir = buildroot + '/' + project   #holds the build directory for this project
targetpath = builddir + '/' + project  #holds the path to the executable in the build directory

#append the user's additional compile flags
#assume debugcflags and releasecflags are defined
if mymode == 'debug':
   localenv.Append(CCFLAGS=debugcflags)
else:
   localenv.Append(CCFLAGS=releasecflags)

#specify the build directory
localenv.BuildDir(builddir, ".", duplicate=0)

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