Correct way to copy os specific files over general shared files

[Erik Joelsson]

Hello Sergey,

Yes, for files being copied with the COPY directive to 
SetupJavaCompilation (which is what you describe), it will automatically 
pick the most specific file found. The order is defined by the order the 
src root directories are defined. Basically gensrc>os>ostype>shared 
(with closed variants interleaved between them).

I would like to extend this functionality to java source files at some 
point, but that has not been done yet as it will be a bit more 
complicated to implement.

Also note that the COPY directive can work with just file suffixes so if 
you want all .gif files to be copied, you only need to add .gif and not 
list all the files explicitly.

/Erik

On 2015-02-10 23:39, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
> Hello, build team.
>
> I would like to know how to correctly replace some file in the shared folder by more specific file from windows/macosx/unix folder during the build.
> Will magic works automatically if I place in CompileJavaModules.gmk:
> java.desktop_COPY := SOME_FILE.gif
> Or there is some other way?
>
> Thanks.