[CMake] INSTALL(CODE ...)

David Cole david.cole at kitware.com
Mon Aug 14 09:02:45 EDT 2006


Try putting the ${DATE} inside the quotes...

Christian Lang wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to add some custom install code via INSTALL(CODE <code>). How 
> can I set variables inside such a INSTALL(CODE ...) statement? I tried 
> something like
>
> INSTALL(CODE "
>  SET(DATE \"today\")
>  MESSAGE(\"Date = \" ${DATE})
> ")
>
> The output is "Date =" and not "Date = today". It seems like one 
> cannot set variables this way. Does anybody know where my mistake is?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Christian Lang
>
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