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tools/build/v2/test/check-bindrule.jam

# This rule establishes a dependency, with no special build actions
rule do-nothing ( target : source )
{
    DEPENDS $(target) : $(source) ;
}
actions quietly do-nothing
{
}

# Make a non-file target which depends on a file that exists
NOTFILE fake-target ;
SEARCH on file-to-bind = subdir1 ;

do-nothing fake-target
    : file-to-bind ;

# Set jam up to call our bind-rule
BINDRULE = bind-rule ;

rule bind-rule ( target : path )
{
    ECHO found: $(target) at $(path) ;
}

DEPENDS all : fake-target ;