[CMake] How To Copy Media Files Into Out-Of-Source Build

[Michael Wild]

Or:

configure_file( path/to/old_file ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/path/to/new_file  
COPYONLY )


Michael

On 5. Jul, 2009, at 17:27, Adolfo Rodríguez wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Karol Krizka <kkrizka at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Is there a generic way to have CMake copy (or link to) required files
>> (ei: movies) into an out-of-source build directory?
>
>
> If symlinks work for you, you can do:
>
> execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink old new)
>
>
> If what you really want to do is create a copy, you can change the
> 'create_symlink' option with 'copy' (for individual files) or
> 'copy_directory' (for entire directories). However, it looks like  
> for your
> use case you can get away with symlinks, if your platform allows  
> them, that
> is.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adolfo
>
>
>
>> When I build in an
>> out-of-source directory, I would also like to test from the same
>> directory without having to take any additional steps.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Karol Krizka
>>
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