From 052a3dd4b1ee1d40e12de1436af9d9f183bd6516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:07:08 +0000
Subject: Document the ARGUMENTS dictionary for command-line args.

---
 doc/man/scons.1 | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man/scons.1 b/doc/man/scons.1
index 51ee464..29a6ed6 100644
--- a/doc/man/scons.1
+++ b/doc/man/scons.1
@@ -179,8 +179,17 @@ may be specified on the command line:
 scons debug=1 .
 .EE
 
-These variables can be used in the configuration file(s) to modify
-the build in any way.
+These variables are available in SConscript files
+through the ARGUMENTS dictionary,
+and can be used in the configuration file(s) to modify
+the build in any way:
+
+.ES
+if ARGUMENTS.get('debug', 0):
+    env = Environment(CCFLAGS = '-g')
+else:
+    env = Environment()
+.EE
 
 .\" .B scons
 .\" can maintain a cache of target (derived) files that can
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