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2007-08-05

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ax_boost_filesystem

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Synopsis
AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
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Version

2006-06-15

Author

Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de> Michael Tindal <mtindal@paradoxpoint.com>

License

AllPermissive
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. Users of this software should generally follow the principles of the MIT License includings its disclaimer.

Category

cryp.to ac-archive's C++ Support (released)

Documentation

Test for Filesystem library from the Boost C++ libraries. The macro requires a preceding call to AX_BOOST_BASE. Further documentation is available at <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.

This macro calls:

 AC_SUBST(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB)

And sets:

 HAVE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM

M4 Source Code
AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM],
[
	AC_ARG_WITH([boost-filesystem],
	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-filesystem@&lt;:@=special-lib@:&gt;@],
                   [use the Filesystem library from boost - it is possible to specify a certain library for the linker
                        e.g. --with-boost-filesystem=boost_filesystem-gcc-mt ]),
        [
        if test "$withval" = "no"; then
			want_boost="no"
        elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
            want_boost="yes"
            ax_boost_user_filesystem_lib=""
        else
		    want_boost="yes"
        	ax_boost_user_filesystem_lib="$withval"
		fi
        ],
        [want_boost="no"]
	)

	if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
        AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
		CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
		export CPPFLAGS

		LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
		export LDFLAGS

        AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Filesystem library is available,
					   ax_cv_boost_filesystem,
        [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
         AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include &lt;boost/filesystem/path.hpp&gt;]],
                                   [[using namespace boost::filesystem;
                                   path my_path( "foo/bar/data.txt" );
                                   return 0;]]),
            				       ax_cv_boost_filesystem=yes, ax_cv_boost_filesystem=no)
         AC_LANG_POP([C++])
		])
		if test "x$ax_cv_boost_filesystem" = "xyes"; then
			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM,,[define if the Boost::Filesystem library is available])
			BN=boost_filesystem
            if test "x$ax_boost_user_filesystem_lib" = "x"; then
    			for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
                              lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
                              $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
				    AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
                                 [BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB) link_filesystem="yes" break],
                                 [link_filesystem="no"])
  				done
            else
               for ax_lib in $ax_boost_user_filesystem_lib $BN-$ax_boost_user_filesystem_lib; do
				      AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
                                   [BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB) link_filesystem="yes" break],
                                   [link_filesystem="no"])
                  done

            fi
			if test "x$link_filesystem" = "xno"; then
				AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
			fi
		fi

		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
	fi
])