[CMake] Backup copy on install?

[Chris Johnson]

Hmm.  It's a possibility.

But those files are generate when I run cmake, aren't they?  So re-running
that would tend to overwrite any custom modifications I made.  And I have
about 350 of them.

I note that cmake_install.cmake simply uses the file(INSTALL ...) command.
How could I find the implementation of the file() command?  Could I
possibly customize that implementation?

Thanks much!
..chris

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com>
wrote:

> On 6/9/2015 1:56 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>> We do use a globally included set of CMake rules in all of our
>> CMakeLists.txt files, so if there's a bit of code that could be added
>> there, that would be sufficient.
>>
>> All suggestions welcome!
>>
>>  You might be able to do something with install(CODE ...)
>
> At the end of the day the install step is just running generated cmake
> code.  If you look in your build tree there are files like this:
> cmake_install.cmake.  With install(CODE), you can inject your own code into
> those files.
>
> -Bill
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