id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1047	Small Problem with the getting started guide making the whole build fail	ben04_01@…	Dave Abrahams	"Near the place where it says how to invoke bjam the following is written

C:WINDOWS> cd C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_0
C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_0> bjam ^
More? --build-dir=%TEMP%\build-boost ^
More? --toolset=msvc stage

That command line actually doesn't work. At least on my PC. %TEMP% expands to

DOCUME~1\HP_PRO~1\LOCALS~1\Temp

bjam tries to make sure that the directory exists and therefore tries to create it. However mkdir doesn't seem to like the short file version and fails in a way which results in bjam not building anything. Replacing %TEMP% with some directory without short file name made the build work.

I'd suggest replacing the commandline with

C:WINDOWS> cd C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_0
C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_0> bjam ^
More? --build-dir=C:\my_temp\build-boost ^
More? --toolset=msvc stage

There certainly are more important issues but it's just frustrating when bjam strikes and you copied pasted the suggest command line."	Bugs	closed	To Be Determined	Building Boost		Showstopper	fixed