SCons

Overview

SCons is a cross-platform, open-source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool. Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality similar to autoconf/automake and compiler caches such as ccache.

Version 3.0.4 installed.

Restrictions on use

There are no access restrictions on the CSF.

Set up procedure

You must load one of the modulefiles:

module load tools/bintools/scons/3.0.4

Running the application

scons is typically used during software installs. It can also be accessed from the command line.

It is not typically used in batch.

Further info

• Basic/help summary: scons --help
• Manpage: man scons
• scons website