[CMake] Best way to copy Python test file to binary directory?

[Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin]

Hi James,

Within CTK we implemented a macro allowing to easily copy and compile files
to the binary directory.
See
https://github.com/commontk/CTK/blob/master/CMake/ctkMacroCompilePythonScript.cmake

Hth
Jc


On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:50 PM, James Amundson <amundson at fnal.gov> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a mixed C++/Python project. The test suite includes executing
> python files through a wrapper script. For example,
>
> add_test(test_parallel_utils_**py ${SYNERGIA2_BINARY_DIR}/**synergia-local
> -c "import nose; nose.main()"
>     test_parallel_utils.py)
>
>
> One detail is important: the python file must exist in the binary
> directory. For reasons beyond my control, simply specifying the source
> directory as the location for test_parallel_utils.py won't work. For
> in-source builds, of course there is no problem -- the python file is
> already there.
>
> What is the best way to get the python file into the binary directory for
> out-of-source builds?
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> Jim Amundson
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