[CMake] Running custom executable

[Klaim - Joël Lamotte]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Daniel Dilts <diltsman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a custom executable that does some codegen to produce an
> enumeration and a couple of tables.  I need this to be run against each
> source file before actual compilation.  It needs include directories and
> macro definitions from the build system.
>
> Is there a way to do this with a CMake build system?  add_custom_command
> seems like it might work, but I need all runs of the custom executable to
> run before compilation begins.
>
>

execute_process() might be what you want:
http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.2/command/execute_process.html


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