<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I don't know why @ was inserted, but here's why it overrides the absolute path: because it has no special meaning. The path then becomes "@/sbin", which is not an absolute path (doesn't start with '/'), so the install prefix is prepended normally. Bear in mind that Unix directory and file names can contain any characters except '/' and NUL.<br><br></div><div>About variable substitution:<br></div><div><br></div>${var} is the normal way to expand variables.<br><br></div>@var@ is primarily intended for use with configure_file(). I believe it works during normal CMake runs as well, but don't use it like that, it will only add confusion.<br><br>Petr<br><br></div>P.S. Please keep the list in copy when replying.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Jeremy Ardley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy.ardley@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeremy.ardley@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div>It was <br>
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      set (BUILD_BIN /sbin)<br>
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      Removing that fixed the problem. Thanks!<br>
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      Curious why my IDE inserted the '@' (kdevelop 3) And more so why
      it overrides the absolute path?<br>
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      I need to discover more about value substitution :=(<br>
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      @somekey@ vs ${somekey}<div><div class="h5"><br>
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      On 24/09/14 14:39, Petr Kmoch wrote:<br>
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        <div>Hi Jeremy.<br>
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        Does ${BUILD_BIN} perhaps start with a slash? If so, it would be
        interpreted as an absolute path, which of course ignores
        CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.<br>
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        Petr<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Jeremy
          Ardley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy.ardley@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeremy.ardley@gmail.com</a>></span>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I am using cmake
              2.8.9 on debian wheezy. I'm fairly new to using cmake.<br>
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              My CMakelists.txt file starts with<br>
              <br>
              cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)<br>
              SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /home/jeremy/Projects/local/)<br>
              project(myproject)<br>
              <br>
              ....<br>
              <br>
              Finishing with<br>
              <br>
              <pre>INSTALL ( PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/@APPLICATION_NAME@ DESTINATION @${BUILD_BIN} )</pre>
              which installs in my target directory, but under a tree
              prefixed by the '@' character. i.e.
              /home/jeremy/Projects/local/@/sbin and equivalent.<br>
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              I'm guessing that this is a result of the fragment <br>
              <pre>@${BUILD_BIN}
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              The problem is that if I remove the '@' the INSTALL
              ignores the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX<br>
              <br>
              I've experimented with different variations on the INSTALL
              lines to no success.<br>
              <br>
              Any advice on how to get my INSTALLS ending up in
              /home/jeremy/Projects/local/sbin and equivalent?<br>
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              Thanks<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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                    <font size="4"> <font color="DarkCyan">Jeremy
                        Ardley</font><br>
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    </div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>-- <br>
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