[CMake] Batch converting several files

[Andy Lego]

Hello Martin,

You are missing a ( after the ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND.

Andy

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Martin Fischer <m_fischer at users.sf.net> wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
>  it seems I don't understand the direction you are pointing me to.  I
>  used add_custom_command in some occasions. So now I tried:
>
>  FOREACH( FILE ${SOURCEFILES})
>           ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND ${FILE}.out
>               COMMAND ${tool_EXE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILE}.in
>
> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILE}.out
>              DEPEND tool ${FILE}.in
>         )
>  ENDFOREACH( FILE )
>
>  CMake outputs: "Wrong syntax. Unknown type of argument"
>
>  It looks like I'll go the less flexible way to code a list of commands
>  to execute.
>
>  Frustrated
>  Martin
>
>
>
>
>
>  On 17.03.2008 01:44 Andy Lego wrote:
>  > Hi Martin,
>  >
>  > When you add things to the custom target they will be executed in one
>  > step. What you want are custom commands. Look at the manual for
>  > add_custom_command.
>  >
>  > Andy
>  >
>  > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Martin Fischer <m_fischer at users.sf.net> wrote:
>  >> On 11.03.2008 21:24 Andy Lego wrote:
>  >>
>  >>  Hi Andy,
>  >>
>  >>  so I tried the following
>  >>
>  >>  SET( SOURCEFILES
>  >>       file1
>  >>       file2
>  >>       file3 )
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  FOREACH( FILE ${SOURCEFILES})
>  >>         SET( EXECUTE
>  >>              ${EXECUTE}
>  >>              ${tool_EXE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILE}.in
>  >>  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILE}.out )
>  >>  ENDFOREACH( FILE )
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( carfiles
>  >>                    DEPENDS SOURCEFILES tool
>  >>                    COMMAND ${EXECUTE}
>  >>                   )
>  >>
>  >>  It looks like the variable EXCUTE is initialized as expected but is
>  >>  considered as one command and not a sequence. Where am I going wrong?
>  >>
>  >>  Regards
>  >>  Martin
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  > Hello Martin,
>  >>  >
>  >>  > You cannot nest commands and constructs. Move the FOREACH before the
>  >>  > custom target and set a variable in it. Then use the result in the
>  >>  > custom target.
>  >>  >
>  >>  > Andy
>  >>  >
>  >>
>  >>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Martin Fischer <m_fischer at users.sf.net> wrote:
>  >>  >> > Hi,
>  >>  >> >
>  >>  >> >  for a project I'm working on I need to do the following build steps:
>  >>  >> >
>  >>  >> >  - compile an executable from source
>  >>  >> >  - run this executable to convert several files
>  >>  >> >  - for each input file in source directory there will be one output file
>  >>  >> >  in build directory.
>  >>  >> >
>  >>  >> >  I tried several variants of he following but didn't come up with a good
>  >>  >> >  solution.
>
>
>



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