NAME

       bcp - extract subsets of Boost

SYNOPSIS

       bcp --list [options] module-list
       bcp [options] module-list output-path
       bcp --report [options] module-list html-file
       bcp --help

DESCRIPTION

       Copies all the files, including dependencies, found in module-list to output-path. output-path must be an
       existing path.

       With --list, prints the list of all the files in module-list, including dependencies.

       With --report, writes the HTML report to html-file.

       With --help, prints a quick usage reminder.

       It is useful for Boost authors who want to distribute their library separately from Boost and  for  Boost
       users who want to distribute a subset of Boost with their application.

   module-list
       When the --scan option is not used, a list of Boost files or library names to copy. It can be:

              - The name of a tool: for example "build" will find "tools/build".

              - The name of a library: for example "regex".

              - The title of a header: for example "scoped_ptr" will find "boost/scoped_ptr.hpp".

              - The name of a header: for example "scoped_ptr.hpp" will find "boost/scoped_ptr.hpp".

              - The name of a file: for example "boost/regex.hpp".

       When  the --scan option is used, a list of (probably non-boost) files to scan for Boost dependencies, the
       files in the module list are not therefore copied/listed.

   File dependencies
       C++ source files are scanned for #includes, all #includes present in the Boost source tree will  then  be
       scanned for their dependencies and so on.

       C++ source files are associated with the name of a library, if that library has source code (and possibly
       build data), then include that source in the dependencies.

       C++ source files are checked for dependencies on Boost.Test (for example to see if they use  cpp_main  as
       an entry point).

       HTML files are scanned for immediate dependencies (images and style sheets, but not links).

   HTML report contains:
       -  all  the  licenses  in effect, plus the files using each license, and the copyright holders using each
       license

       - any files with no recognizable license (please report these to the Boost mailing lists)

       - any files with no recognizable copyright holders (please report these to the Boost mailing lists)

       - all the copyright holders and the files on which they hold copyright

       - file dependency information - indicates the reason for the inclusion of  any  particular  file  in  the
       dependencies found

OPTIONS

       --boost=path
              sets the location of the Boost tree to path

       --scan treat the module list as a list of (possibly non-boost) files to scan for Boost dependencies

       --cvs  only copy files under CVS version control

       --unix-lines
              make sure that all copied files use Unix style line endings

EXAMPLES

       bcp scoped_ptr /foo
              Copies boost/scoped_ptr.hpp and dependencies to /foo.

       bcp boost/regex.hpp /foo
              Copies  boost/regex.hpp  and  all dependencies including the regex source code (in libs/regex/src)
              and build files (in libs/regex/build) to /foo.  Does not copy the  regex  documentation,  test  or
              example code.

       bcp regex /foo
              Copies  the  full  regex lib (in libs/regex) including dependencies (such as the Boost.Test source
              required by the regex test programs) to /foo.

       bcp regex config build /foo
              Copies the full regex lib (in libs/regex) plus the config lib (libs/config) and the  build  system
              (tools/build) to /foo including all the dependencies.

       bcp --scan --boost=/boost foo.cpp bar.cpp boost
              Scans  the  [non-boost]  files  foo.cpp  and  bar.cpp  for  Boost  dependencies  and  copies those
              dependencies to the sub-directory boost.

       bcp --report regex.hpp boost-regex-report.html
              Creates a HTML report called boost-regex-report.html for the Boost module regex.hpp.

AUTHORS

       Author of bcp is John Maddock.

       Author of this manpage is Domenico Andreoli, who copied stuff from bcp --help and the HTML documentation.