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| author | Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> | 2018-02-04 19:06:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> | 2018-02-04 19:06:02 +0200 |
| commit | 4637cf4e95160a90818e50299ad2ba1a7a9b0614 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d2d5c7718bb15b6ad55ec6c53a24fec0b5cb137 | |
| parent | 6f510ca695f282c979f62671df6de3de020821f3 (diff) | |
| download | meson-4637cf4e95160a90818e50299ad2ba1a7a9b0614.tar.gz | |
Fix run target documentation. Closes #1793.
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 31c4953aa..390371b3e 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -945,13 +945,16 @@ respectively. ### run_target ``` meson - buildtarget run_target(target_name, ...) +runtarget run_target(target_name, ...) ``` This function creates a new top-level target that runs a specified command with the specified arguments. Like all top-level targets, this integrates with the selected backend. For instance, with Ninja you can -run it as `ninja target_name`. +run it as `ninja target_name`. Note that a run target produces no +output as far as Meson is concerned. It is only meant for tasks such +as running a code formatter or flashing an external device's firmware +with a built file. The script is run from an *unspecified* directory, and Meson will set three environment variables `MESON_SOURCE_ROOT`, `MESON_BUILD_ROOT` |