create boost tool executable

Question

I want to know how to create a tool executable, for example bcp, with the boost libraries. I have unzip the sources, but I do not know how to build to create the tool.

Thanks

Answer 1

Complementing hkaiser answer:

Run ./bootstrap.sh from $BOOST_ROOT (refer to Getting Started for additional options)

./bootstrap.sh

This will generate the a ./bjam executable. You may then do

./bjam tools/bcp

Or even copy this executable to tools/bcp and do

./bjam 

The ./bcp executable will be in $BOOST_ROOT/dist/bin

Answer 2

All tools in the directory $BOOST_ROOT/tools can be build by invoking bjam from the directory where the corresponding Jamfile[.v2] is located. For bcp this needs to be done in the directory $BOOST_ROOT/tools/bcp. If you have not built bjam yet, please refer to the Getting Started document explaining the necessary steps. The built executable by default will end up in $BOOST_ROOT/dist/bin.