[CMake] File(write and add_custom_command

[norulez at me.com]

Thanks,

When i create a function, can i call it with add_custom_command to avoid extra files?

Best Regards

Am 23.12.2011 um 15:29 schrieb David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>:

> 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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