[CMake] target path, or post build event?

[Mark Wyszomierski]

Hi guys,

First off, thanks for helping me with this.

All the exes/libs I want to move will be built by CMake, in a post
build event situation (ie. I generate the solution files/make file via
CMake, open them in vc++, build the exes/libs, then want to move them
to C:\test for example after done building).

If I use the:

    INSTALL(TARGETS ${cmaketestTarget} DESTINATION ${dest})

that means the built exes/libs will only go to that 1 folder, right?
They will no longer appear in their default build location - I'd like
to have them appear in both.

So I think I have to use the INSTALL (FILE) method as you guys
suggested before, it looks like I just have to do something like:

    SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX,  "C:\test");

then build the INSTALL project everytime to make sure it copies the
files there for me. Is that about right?

Thanks,
Mark



On 10/25/07, KSpam <keesling_spam at cox.net> wrote:
> Mark,
>
> What do you have CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX set to?  My guess is that it defaults
> to "C:\Program Files\${PROJECT_NAME}".  I do not develop on Windows, so I
> cannot say for sure.  CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is used to prefix the DESTINATION
> unless DESTINATION is specified as a full path.  Alternately, you can set
> DESTINATION to a full path.
>
> Also, if cmaketest.exe is a target built by CMake, you might prefer to use:
>
> INSTALL(TARGETS ${cmaketestTarget} DESTINATION ${dest})
>
> Justin
>
> On Thursday 25 October 2007 07:56:38 Mark Wyszomierski wrote:
> > It seems to work, though is moving the file I want to copy into an
> > unexpected location. Using the following:
> >
> > INSTALL(FILES debug/cmaketest.exe DESTINATION copy_file_test)
> >
> > I'm trying to move the file 'cmaketest.exe' located in a subdirectory
> > called 'debug' into another subdirectory called 'copy_file_test'.
> >
> > The file actually gets copied to:
> >
> >     C:\Program Files\CMAKETEST\copy_file_test
> >
> > though. The name of my project is CMakeTest. Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
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