[CMake] File(write and add_custom_command

[David Cole]

If you need to, pass -D args as well:

  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/output.txt
    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-Dfilename=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/output.txt -P
${dir}/filewrite.cmake
    DEPENDS ${dir}/filewrite.cmake ${other_files_too_maybe}
  )


On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:28 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> Yes.
>
> Put it in a *.cmake script file, and then call:
>
>  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ...
>    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${dir}/filewrite.cmake
>    DEPENDS ${dir}/filewrite.cmake ${other_files_too_maybe}
>  )
>
> You cannot call it directly from custom command, because it needs a
> CMake process around it. If you want to call CMake at build time to
> run a -P script, it's quite reasonable to do so.
>
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:22 AM,  <norulez at me.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is it possible to use file(write...) for a add_custom_command or add_custom_target?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Best Regards
>> NuRulez
>>
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