[CMake] copy on install

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2010-02-04 22:44-0600 Tim St. Clair wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Alan W. Irwin <irwin at beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:
>> Why not simply use install(FILES ... PERMISSIONS .... RENAME ...  )?
>>
>> You would have to use the target property LOCATION to find the
>> (cross-platform) filename associated with the target, and you would have to
>> specify the appropriate PERMISSIONS, but I think this method of using
>> install(FILES ...) should work fine unless and until a feature request for a
>> RENAME option for install(TARGETS....) is implemented.
>>
>
> I like this solution however when I try it... it does not expand the
> $(OutDir) which was yielded when I called get_target_property
> w/LOCATION.

I have never had trouble with the LOCATION property.  I use it as follows:

get_target_property(variable_name target_name LOCATION)
message(STATUS "variable_name=${variable_name}")

which outputs the full path name of the target.  Don't you get that?

Alan
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