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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man/options.sgml | 12 |
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diff --git a/doc/man/desc.sgml b/doc/man/desc.sgml index da2961e..75ac82a 100644 --- a/doc/man/desc.sgml +++ b/doc/man/desc.sgml @@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ <para> - By default, &scons; reads configuration information from the - file named <filename>SConstruct</filename> in the current - directory. An alternate file name may be specified via the - <option>-f</option> option. If the alternate file is not in - the local directory, &scons; will internally change its working - directory (chdir) to the directory containing the file. + By default, &scons; searches for a file named &SConstruct;, + &Sconstruct; or &sconstruct (in that order) in the current directory + and reads its configuration from the first file found. An alternate + file name may be specified via the <option>-f</option> option. If + the specified file is not in the local directory, &scons; will + internally change its working directory (chdir) to the directory + containing the file. </para> diff --git a/doc/man/options.sgml b/doc/man/options.sgml index a231908..b24c18f 100644 --- a/doc/man/options.sgml +++ b/doc/man/options.sgml @@ -107,11 +107,13 @@ <para> Change to the specified <replaceable>directory</replaceable> - before reading <filename>SConstruct</filename> or doing - anything else. Multiple <option>-C</option> options are - interpreted relative to the previous one. (This is nearly - equivalent to <literal>-f directory/SConstruct</literal>, - except that it will search for <filename>SConstruct</filename>, + before searching for the <filename>SConstruct</filename>, + <filename>Sconstruct</filename> or + <filename>sconstruct</filename> file, or doing anything + else. Multiple <option>-C</option> options are interpreted + relative to the previous one. (This is nearly equivalent + to <literal>-f directory/SConstruct</literal>, except + that it will search for <filename>SConstruct</filename>, <filename>Sconstruct</filename>, or <filename>sconstruct</filename> in the directory.) |