summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py')
-rw-r--r--src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py27
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py b/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py
index 29f8e11..2f04d41 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Script/__init__.py
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ class OptParser(OptionParser):
help="Remove specified targets and dependencies.")
self.add_option('-C', '--directory', type="string", action = "append",
- help="Change to DIRECTORY before doing anything.")
+ metavar="DIR",
+ help="Change to DIR before doing anything.")
self.add_option('--cache-disable', '--no-cache',
action="store_true", dest='cache_disable', default=0,
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ class OptParser(OptionParser):
help = "Print file dependency information.")
self.add_option('-D', action="store_const", const=2, dest="climb_up",
- help="Search up directory tree for SConstruct, "
+ help="Search up directory tree for SConstruct, "
"build all Default() targets.")
def opt_debug(option, opt, value, parser):
@@ -498,8 +499,8 @@ class OptParser(OptionParser):
help="Ignore errors from build actions.")
self.add_option('-I', '--include-dir', action="append",
- dest='include_dir', metavar="DIRECTORY",
- help="Search DIRECTORY for imported Python modules.")
+ dest='include_dir', metavar="DIR",
+ help="Search DIR for imported Python modules.")
self.add_option('--implicit-cache', action="store_true",
dest='implicit_cache',
@@ -507,10 +508,10 @@ class OptParser(OptionParser):
self.add_option('--implicit-deps-changed', action="store_true",
default=0, dest='implicit_deps_changed',
- help="Ignore the cached implicit deps.")
+ help="Ignore cached implicit dependencies.")
self.add_option('--implicit-deps-unchanged', action="store_true",
default=0, dest='implicit_deps_unchanged',
- help="Ignore changes in implicit deps.")
+ help="Ignore changes in implicit dependencies.")
def opt_j(option, opt, value, parser):
value = int(value)
@@ -524,9 +525,8 @@ class OptParser(OptionParser):
help="Keep going when a target can't be made.")
self.add_option('--max-drift', type="int", action="store",
- dest='max_drift',
- help="Set the maximum system clock drift to be"
- " MAX_DRIFT seconds.")
+ dest='max_drift', metavar="N",
+ help="Set maximum system clock drift to N seconds.")
self.add_option('-n', '--no-exec', '--just-print', '--dry-run',
'--recon', action="store_true", dest='noexec',
@@ -541,14 +541,15 @@ class OptParser(OptionParser):
sys.exit(exit_status)
self.add_option('--profile', nargs=1, action="callback",
callback=opt_profile, type="string", dest="profile",
- help="Profile SCons and put results in PROFILE.")
+ metavar="FILE",
+ help="Profile SCons and put results in FILE.")
self.add_option('-q', '--question', action="store_true", default=0,
help="Don't build; exit status says if up to date.")
self.add_option('-Q', dest='no_progress', action="store_true",
default=0,
- help="Don't print SCons progress messages.")
+ help="Suppress \"Reading/Building\" progress messages.")
self.add_option('--random', dest="random", action="store_true",
default=0, help="Build dependencies in random order.")
@@ -558,11 +559,11 @@ class OptParser(OptionParser):
self.add_option('-u', '--up', '--search-up', action="store_const",
dest="climb_up", default=0, const=1,
- help="Search up directory tree for SConstruct, "
+ help="Search up directory tree for SConstruct, "
"build targets at or below current directory.")
self.add_option('-U', action="store_const", dest="climb_up",
default=0, const=3,
- help="Search up directory tree for SConstruct, "
+ help="Search up directory tree for SConstruct, "
"build Default() targets from local SConscript.")
self.add_option("-v", "--version",