The File() and Dir() functions return File and Dir Nodes, respectively. python objects, respectively. Those objects have several user-visible attributes and methods that are often useful:
- path - The build path of the given file or directory. This path is relative to the top-level directory (where the SConstruct file is found). The build path is the same as the source path if build_dir is not being used.
- abspath - The absolute build path of the given file or directory.
- srcnode() - The srcnode() method returns another File or Dir object representing the source path of the given File or Dir.
See also Dir().
1 # Get the current build dir's path, relative to top.
2 Dir('.').path
3 # Current dir's absolute path
4 Dir('.').abspath
5 # Next line is always '.', because it is the top dir's path relative to itself.
6 Dir('#.').path
7 File('foo.c').srcnode().path # source path of the given source file.
8
9 # Builders also return File objects:
10 foo = env.Program('foo.c')
11 print "foo will be built in %s"%foo.path