[CMake] execute_process, cmd /c and vcvarsall

[David Cole]

The easiest way to do what you want here is to make a standalone
script (*.bat / *.cmd) that runs the commands you want and get it to
work without CMake involvement at all, and then simply use
execute_process to invoke that script.

You can pass arguments to it if you need to communicate information
from CMake to the script, but if you **require** environment for your
command to run, the easiest way to achieve it is to write a script
that sets up the env, and then executes the command, and then restores
the environment (if necessary).

In Windows *.cmd files, it's easy to save/restore the environment by
using "setlocal" and "endlocal".

Why bother with all the escaping and special characters in an
execute_process when you could just write a script and then call it?
It will be much easier on the eyes for people having to read your code
in the future if you make it simpler.


HTH,
David C.




On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Kristian <kristianonline28 at gmail.com> wrote:
> After some tries I found maybe a solution for you. In my small example, I
> had these lines, which are working:
>
>
>> set(HELLO1 "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio
>> 14.0/VC/vcvarsall.bat")
>> execute_process(COMMAND ${HELLO1} && msbuild /help WORKING_DIRECTORY
>> "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
>
> So for you, it would look like this (I am not very sure about it):
>
> ==========
>
>
> execute_process( COMMAND
> $ENV{VS${VS_IDE_VERSION}0COMNTOOLS}../../VC/vcvarsall.bat x86_amd64 &&
> ${CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE}
> ${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/OpenCVDetectCudaArch.cu --run
>
>                  WORKING_DIRECTORY
> "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/"
>
>                  RESULT_VARIABLE _nvcc_res OUTPUT_VARIABLE _nvcc_out
>
>                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
>
>
> ==========
>
> Anyhow, when I tried several types of your presentation, I got always some
> errors. I do not know, if this is a bug or not, but I will write them down
> here. Maybe some of the others could write something about it.
>
>
> *** First try ***
>
>> set(HELLO1 "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio
>> 14.0/VC/vcvarsall.bat")
>> execute_process(COMMAND cmd /c "call ${HELLO1}" WORKING_DIRECTORY
>> "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" RESULT_VARIABLE _nvcc_res OUTPUT_VARIABLE
>> _nvcc_out)
>> message("${_nvcc_out}")
>
> When I call these lines on a windows machine, I am getting the error
>
>> 'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>
> *** Second try ***
>
> When I change the execute_process to this
>
>> execute_process(COMMAND cmd /c "call \"${HELLO1}\"" WORKING_DIRECTORY
>> "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" RESULT_VARIABLE _nvcc_res OUTPUT_VARIABLE
>> _nvcc_out)
>
> then I am getting this error
>
>> '\"C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/vcvarsall.bat\"'
>> is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or
>> batch file.
>
> So now, CMake / Batch recognizes the right path, but somehow there are the
> characters \".
>
> *** Third try ***
>
> I changed the definition of the variable HELLO1 into (because of some hints
> here
> https://superuser.com/questions/279008/how-do-i-escape-spaces-in-command-line-in-windows-without-using-quotation-marks)
>
>> set(HELLO1 "C:/Program^ Files^ (x86)/Microsoft^ Visual^ Studio^
>> 14.0/VC/vcvarsall.bat")
>
> But here, I am also getting the error
>
>> 'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>
> Even, when I double the carets ^^, then the same error occurs
>
>
> 2016-06-09 22:41 GMT+02:00 Adam Rankin <arankin at robarts.ca>:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am trying to develop a execute_process command that will first load the
>> env variables set by the appropriate vcvarsall, and then run a compile
>> command. See here for my progress so far:
>>
>>
>>
>> set(cuda_generation_command cmd /c "\"call
>> \"$ENV{VS${VS_IDE_VERSION}0COMNTOOLS}../../VC/vcvarsall.bat\" x86_amd64 &&
>> \"${CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE}\"
>> \"${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/OpenCVDetectCudaArch.cu\" \"--run\"\"")
>>
>>
>>
>> execute_process( COMMAND ${cuda_generation_command}
>>
>>                  WORKING_DIRECTORY
>> "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/"
>>
>>                  RESULT_VARIABLE _nvcc_res OUTPUT_VARIABLE _nvcc_out
>>
>>                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
>>
>>
>>
>> When run at a command prompt, the command works as expected. When called
>> from CMake, the output is:
>>
>> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone ever succeeded with something like this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
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