[CMake] Current binary directory confusion

[J Decker]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> So how do I get the absolute path to this directory in a portable (between
> generators) way?
>
>

Well, what is it you want from there?  I generate INSTALL commands to
put the outputs where I want them and let them worry about where the
files are?

> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:03 AM, J Decker <d3ck0r at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Robert Dailey
>> <rcdailey.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} returns a directory that contains generated
>> > files, such as vcproj files when generating for visual studio. However,
>> > actual compiled binaries are placed:
>> >
>> > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target_name}.dir/Debug (for debug
>> > configuration)
>> >
>> > Is there a variable or target property that will give me the following
>> > path
>> > for any target:
>> >
>> > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target_name}.dir
>> >
>> > (I don't care about debug/release being part of the path, I just want
>> > the
>> > "target.dir" part to be included in the path. Right now I'm hard-coding
>> > the
>> > ".dir" directory and appending it to my path, but I don't know if this
>> > naming scheme is guaranteed by CMake or if it will change in the future.
>> >
>> it differs from generator to generator
>>
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