[CMake] CMake: how to use 'for cyclic sentence' in command add_custom_command(...)

[Konstantin Tokarev]

19.04.2016, 16:21, "Chaos Zhang" <zcsd2012 at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I was using 'for cyclic sentence' in command add_custom_command(...), the
> content of the CMakeLists.txt as below:
> add_custom_command(TARGET temp_target
>                                 POST_BUILD
>                                 COMMAND for x in a b c\;
>                                 do echo $x \;
>                                 done\;)
>
> The result of execution was not like as below：
> a
> b
> c
> But like this:
>
> Just print 3 blank lines. So how to use it correctly？

I'd recommended you to move your command into script file and call it instead. It will be easier to maintain because you won't need to think of escaping issues, and about keeping it as a one-liner

>
> Thanks for your help,
> Chao Zhang
>
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Konstantin