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@@ -123,3 +123,24 @@
% <userinput>scons -Q</userinput>
build(["foo.out"], ["foo.in"])
</screen>
+
+ <para>
+
+ Note that &cv-link-SOURCE; and &cv-link-TARGET; are expanded
+ in the source and target as well as of SCons 1.1,
+ so you can write:
+
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ env.Command('${SOURCE.basename}.out', 'foo.in', build)
+ </programlisting>
+
+
+ <para>
+
+ which does the same thing as the previous example, but allows you
+ to avoid repeating yourself.
+
+ </para>
+