[CMake] file1 newer than file2 test

[James Bigler]

Sweet.  Thanks!

Missed that one after all these years.

James

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:53 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> See also the "IS_NEWER_THAN" clause of the IF command.
> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:if
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:47 PM, James Bigler <jamesbigler at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to test if one file is newer than another file?  Something
>> along the lines if "cmake -E compare_files", but for time stamps?
>>
>> I need to copy dlls into the binary directory, but I want to do it
>> conservatively.  Also I need different versions for Debug and Release, so
>> add_custom_command doesn't work due to the lack of configuration specific
>> dependencies.
>>
>> Ultimately, what I think I'll have to do is generate a script that takes
>> the build configuration as a parameter and runs copy_if_different as a post
>> build command for a given target.
>>
>> James
>>
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