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Subject: Re: How to identify WORKDIR?
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On 2012=E5=B9=B403=E6=9C=8814=E6=97=A5 17:42, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 17:01 +0800, Kang Kai wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I write a script to clean up WORKDIR that remove the obsoleted
>> packages' build directories.
>> The script accept a argument as BUILDDIR and I use this clause to
>> identify the WORKDIR:
>>
>>       workdir =3D os.path.join(builddir, 'tmp/work')
>>
>> Then validate the workdir exists or not. It works for me but hardcode
>> here as Richard point out.
>> So is there  a better way to get the WORKDIR here? Thanks.
> I was thinking of something like:
>
> bitbake -e | grep ^WORKDIR

If get WORKDIR in this way, I'll update the script with no argument=20
because the argument is useless to identify the WORKDIR.

Regards,
Kai
>
> since you already call into bitbake in the script in question.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>