[jamming] Jam commands to build a specific file

[Craig Kadziolka]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if it is possible to specify a jam rule/action to tell jam 
how to build a specific file as part of a larger build.

I just want to be able to tell Jam to build resources.o from resources.rc, 
but to do that as part of the overall build of "mytest"

For example, I want to build a windows RC file, so my Jamfile looks like 
this:

C++                 =   g++ ;
LINK                =   g++ ;

rule Resource { Resource $(<) : $(>) ; }
actions Resource { windres $(>) $(<) -Iassets\\graphics }

SRC =
     src\\platform\\Windows\\entry.cpp
     src\\platform\\Windows\\resources.rc
     ;


DEPENDS all             :   mytest
                       ;

Main mytest         :   $(SRC)
                       ;


Resource src\\platform\\Windows\\resources.rc ;

------------- end jamfile

However it complains about an unknown suffix for resources.rc. Is there any 
way to make Jam work in this situation without going and extending Jambase 
and rebuilding jam itself?

Im sorry if this message gets sent twice to the mailing list, i tried to 
send it last night but accidentally from a different email account and it 
didnt seem to get through.

Thanks in advance,

Craig.