[Scons-users] "${xxx}" problem in env.Textfile source string

[Daniel Moody]

double dollar sign worked for me, this was my test:

env = Environment(tools=['textfile'])
env.Textfile('out.txt',
    '$${workspaceRoot}\\myPath'
)

out.txt:
${workspaceRoot}\myPath

On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:27 AM Mats Wichmann <mats at wichmann.us> wrote:

> On 5/5/22 09:23, liruncong2018 via Scons-users wrote:
> > Hello Mats Wichmann,
> > I replaced "${workspaceRoot}" with "$${workspaceRoot}" and it still
> > doesn't work, is it related to "{" and "}"?
>
> shouldn't be.... the doubled $$ should turn off interpretation of the
> variable reference, whether it's wrapped in {} or not.   Sometimes there
> are so many layers of substitution that things are more complex... we'll
> see if anyone else has ideas.
>
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