[CMake] ADD_TEST and need of other files

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2007-11-22 10:11+0200 Salvatore Iovene wrote:

> Hi,
> I add a test that needs to load a certain xml file and process its
> content. The xml file is in the same directory as the test sources, in
> the source tree. How can I install this xml file so that it will be
> available in the binary tree, in the same directory as the test
> executable?

First, is it really necessary?  For many programmes you can specify an input
file with an absolute path (e.g., ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test.xml) so
normally there is no need to copy an input file from the source tree to the
build tree.

Second, if it is really necessary in this case, then you can
CONFIGURE_FILE with the COPYONLY attribute at "cmake" time or execute

cmake -E copy_if_different

at either "cmake" or "make" time.

Alan
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