[Cmake] How do I force touching of an include file before build

[Jan Woetzel]

Staffan Falk (M=D6/EAB) wrote:

>Is there a simple way to force an include file to be touched before buil=
ding a target? What I really try to do is to automatically force update o=
f the __TIMESTAMP__ variable, so that I can display the build date in by =
program.
>

I guess what you really want is the date and time when you run your=20
compiler (=3D build date).
(adn not really change the file with a touch.)

You can achieve this with a preprocessor directive __FILE__ and  __LINE__=


Regards,
Jan.

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