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| author | Robin Burchell <robin.burchell@collabora.co.uk> | 2011-01-17 12:31:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@nokia.com> | 2011-01-17 12:31:46 (GMT) |
| commit | 4a7a6d19fa557a7220dfd1a1387e0958182505f2 (patch) | |
| tree | a65e247e186eac78ad8b8a8a8a7725f73c417bba /doc/src/development | |
| parent | 145c6bdef2680ca0da07f8f0cf09419edf9ecd52 (diff) | |
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Improve documentation for PWD variable.
- Note that it can be used in shadow build circumstances.
- Note that IN_PWD is an alias for PWD.
- See also: _PRO_FILE_
Merge-request: 1022
Reviewed-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@nokia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/development')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc b/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc index b6270d5..f5ac12d 100644 --- a/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc @@ -1900,8 +1900,17 @@ \target PWD \section1 PWD - This variable contains the full path leading to the directory where - the \c qmake project file (project.pro) is located. + The \c PWD variable specifies the full path leading to the directory + containing the current file being parsed. This can be useful + to refer to files within the source tree when writing project files to + support shadow builds. + + See also \l{#_PRO_FILE_PWD_}{_PRO_FILE_PWD_}. + + \note IN_PWD is an alias for PWD. + + \note Function calls have no effect on the value of PWD. PWD will refer to + the path of the calling file. \target OUT_PWD \section1 OUT_PWD |