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0007218CMakeCMakepublic2008-06-20 08:252016-06-10 14:30
ReporterNils Gladitz 
Assigned ToBrad King 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-6 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0007218: add_custom_command output file's folder not created by nmake makefile
DescriptionWhen generating vs2005 project files output directories are created when using add_custom_command. When using the nmake generator output directories are not created from within the generated makefiles.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2008-06-20 08:25Nils GladitzNew Issue
2008-06-20 08:37Bill HoffmanNote Added: 0012429
2008-06-20 08:37Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2008-06-20 08:37Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Bill Hoffman
2008-06-20 09:21Nils GladitzNote Added: 0012433
2008-06-20 09:27Bill HoffmanNote Added: 0012434
2008-09-11 12:01Bill HoffmanAssigned ToBill Hoffman => Brad King
2012-08-13 10:37Brad KingStatusassigned => backlog
2012-08-13 10:37Brad KingNote Added: 0030524
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041432
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusbacklog => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:30Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

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(0012429)
Bill Hoffman   
2008-06-20 08:37   
Can you give an example of this?
(0012433)
Nils Gladitz   
2008-06-20 09:21   
add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foo/test.txt
    COMMAND cp ARGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bar.txt ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foo/test.txt
    MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bar.txt
)

add_custom_target(data ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foo/test.txt)

This is a condensed/modified example of what I was doing.

The source directory contains a file bar.txt.

My custom command takes bar.txt from the source directory and generates test.txt in the ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foo directory.

When using the MSVC2005 generator the ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foo directory is created prior to the custom command being executed.

When using the NMake Makefiles generator the ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foo directory is not created and the command fails (can't create a file in a non existing directory).
(0012434)
Bill Hoffman   
2008-06-20 09:27   
OK, visual studio must be doing this for us. You could use the file(MAKE_DIRECTORY [directory1 directory2 ...]) during cmake time to create the directory.
(0030524)
Brad King   
2012-08-13 10:37   
Sending issues I'm not actively working on to the backlog to await someone with time for them.

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It's easy to re-activate a bug here if you can find a CMake developer or contributor who has the bandwidth to take it on.
(0041432)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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