b2filt

Output filter for B2 build from the Boost C++ project.

Install

pip install b2filt

Usage

Just replace any call to b2 with b2filt. All command line options are forwarded to b2.

Features

• Filters out uninteresting stuff, but shows errors verbatim
• Automatically shows long compilation error messages in pager at end of run
• Works perfectly with -jN
• Uses b2 in your current Boost super project and falls back to b2 available in PATH
• Displays wall time it took to compile/run everything