[CMake] how to define current working directory of command line tool

Jochen Wilhelmy j.wilhelmy at arcor.de
Sun Oct 10 15:41:05 EDT 2010


>> Hi!
>>
>> Is it possible to define the current working directory of a command line
>> tool
>> that is built with cmake? since the build is usually out-of-source I have
>> to set the current working directory in the ide, e.g visual studio or
>> xcode. more convenient would be to set it in cmake.
>>     
>
> Do you mean in add_custom_command()/add_custom_target() ?
> Both have an optional WORKING_DIRECTORY argument.
>   
no, i mean add_executable. when I build and start the directory I'd like 
to set the
working directory that the executable is started in.

-Jochen



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