After some twitting ;) here's my Windows shell script (a .cmd file) which can effectively replace bud/rebuild in some simple cases. This script makes use of GNU grep and sed. Both are available from GnuWin32 or Cygwin or as separate ports.
file "sbd.cmd" ---8<------------------- :: Build a D program including any dependencies :: 2008, Sergey 'SnakE' Gromov <snake.sc...@gmail.com> @echo off setlocal if "%1" == "" ( echo Build a D program with all dependencies echo Usage: %0 master [options] echo master master source, root of the import hierarchy echo options any options are forwarded to DMD exit /b 1 ) set DEP=dependencies.tmp :: generate dependencies dmd %* -c -o- -v | grep "^import" | grep -v "phobos\|tango\|\.di)" | sed "s/^.*(\(.*\)).*$/\1/" > %DEP% :: compile dmd %* @%DEP% || goto error :: cleanup del %DEP% exit /b 0 :error del %DEP% exit /b 1 ---8<-------------------