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NAME
cmakecommands - Reference of available CMake commands.
COMMANDS
add_compile_options
Adds options to the compilation of source files.
add_compile_options(<option> ...)
Adds options to the compiler command line for sources in the current directory and
below. This command can be used to add any options, but alternative commands exist
to add preprocessor definitions or include directories. See documentation of the
directory and target COMPILE_OPTIONS properties for details. Arguments to
add_compile_options may use "generator expressions" with the syntax "$<...>".
Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to produce
information specific to each build configuration. Valid expressions are:
$<0:...> = empty string (ignores "...")
$<1:...> = content of "..."
$<CONFIG:cfg> = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
$<CONFIGURATION> = configuration name
$<BOOL:...> = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
$<STREQUAL:a,b> = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
$<ANGLE-R> = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
$<COMMA> = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
$<SEMICOLON> = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
$<JOIN:list,...> = joins the list with the content of "..."
$<TARGET_NAME:...> = Marks ... as being the name of a target. This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets. The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
$<C_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<TARGET_FILE:tgt> = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
where "tgt" is the name of a target. Target file expressions produce a full path,
but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and file name components:
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is
evaluated on.
$<TARGET_POLICY:pol> = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'. If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
$<INSTALL_PREFIX> = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
Boolean expressions:
$<AND:?[,?]...> = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
$<OR:?[,?]...> = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
$<NOT:?> = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop> = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
add_custom_command
Add a custom build rule to the generated build system.
There are two main signatures for add_custom_command The first signature is for
adding a custom command to produce an output.
add_custom_command(OUTPUT output1 [output2 ...]
COMMAND command1 [ARGS] [args1...]
[COMMAND command2 [ARGS] [args2...] ...]
[MAIN_DEPENDENCY depend]
[DEPENDS [depends...]]
[IMPLICIT_DEPENDS <lang1> depend1
[<lang2> depend2] ...]
[WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]
[COMMENT comment] [VERBATIM] [APPEND])
This defines a command to generate specified OUTPUT file(s). A target created in
the same directory (CMakeLists.txt file) that specifies any output of the custom
command as a source file is given a rule to generate the file using the command at
build time. Do not list the output in more than one independent target that may
build in parallel or the two instances of the rule may conflict (instead use
add_custom_target to drive the command and make the other targets depend on that
one). If an output name is a relative path it will be interpreted relative to the
build tree directory corresponding to the current source directory. Note that
MAIN_DEPENDENCY is completely optional and is used as a suggestion to visual studio
about where to hang the custom command. In makefile terms this creates a new target
in the following form:
OUTPUT: MAIN_DEPENDENCY DEPENDS
COMMAND
If more than one command is specified they will be executed in order. The optional
ARGS argument is for backward compatibility and will be ignored.
The second signature adds a custom command to a target such as a library or
executable. This is useful for performing an operation before or after building the
target. The command becomes part of the target and will only execute when the
target itself is built. If the target is already built, the command will not
execute.
add_custom_command(TARGET target
PRE_BUILD | PRE_LINK | POST_BUILD
COMMAND command1 [ARGS] [args1...]
[COMMAND command2 [ARGS] [args2...] ...]
[WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]
[COMMENT comment] [VERBATIM])
This defines a new command that will be associated with building the specified
target. When the command will happen is determined by which of the following is
specified:
PRE_BUILD - run before all other dependencies
PRE_LINK - run after other dependencies
POST_BUILD - run after the target has been built
Note that the PRE_BUILD option is only supported on Visual Studio 7 or later. For
all other generators PRE_BUILD will be treated as PRE_LINK.
If WORKING_DIRECTORY is specified the command will be executed in the directory
given. If it is a relative path it will be interpreted relative to the build tree
directory corresponding to the current source directory. If COMMENT is set, the
value will be displayed as a message before the commands are executed at build
time. If APPEND is specified the COMMAND and DEPENDS option values are appended to
the custom command for the first output specified. There must have already been a
previous call to this command with the same output. The COMMENT, WORKING_DIRECTORY,
and MAIN_DEPENDENCY options are currently ignored when APPEND is given, but may be
used in the future.
If VERBATIM is given then all arguments to the commands will be escaped properly
for the build tool so that the invoked command receives each argument unchanged.
Note that one level of escapes is still used by the CMake language processor before
add_custom_command even sees the arguments. Use of VERBATIM is recommended as it
enables correct behavior. When VERBATIM is not given the behavior is platform
specific because there is no protection of tool-specific special characters.
If the output of the custom command is not actually created as a file on disk it
should be marked as SYMBOLIC with SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES.
The IMPLICIT_DEPENDS option requests scanning of implicit dependencies of an input
file. The language given specifies the programming language whose corresponding
dependency scanner should be used. Currently only C and CXX language scanners are
supported. The language has to be specified for every file in the IMPLICIT_DEPENDS
list. Dependencies discovered from the scanning are added to those of the custom
command at build time. Note that the IMPLICIT_DEPENDS option is currently
supported only for Makefile generators and will be ignored by other generators.
If COMMAND specifies an executable target (created by ADD_EXECUTABLE) it will
automatically be replaced by the location of the executable created at build time.
Additionally a target-level dependency will be added so that the executable target
will be built before any target using this custom command. However this does NOT
add a file-level dependency that would cause the custom command to re-run whenever
the executable is recompiled.
Arguments to COMMAND may use "generator expressions" with the syntax "$<...>".
Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to produce
information specific to each build configuration. Valid expressions are:
$<0:...> = empty string (ignores "...")
$<1:...> = content of "..."
$<CONFIG:cfg> = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
$<CONFIGURATION> = configuration name
$<BOOL:...> = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
$<STREQUAL:a,b> = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
$<ANGLE-R> = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
$<COMMA> = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
$<SEMICOLON> = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
$<JOIN:list,...> = joins the list with the content of "..."
$<TARGET_NAME:...> = Marks ... as being the name of a target. This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets. The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
$<C_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<TARGET_FILE:tgt> = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
where "tgt" is the name of a target. Target file expressions produce a full path,
but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and file name components:
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is
evaluated on.
$<TARGET_POLICY:pol> = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'. If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
$<INSTALL_PREFIX> = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
Boolean expressions:
$<AND:?[,?]...> = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
$<OR:?[,?]...> = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
$<NOT:?> = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop> = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
References to target names in generator expressions imply target-level
dependencies, but NOT file-level dependencies. List target names with the DEPENDS
option to add file dependencies.
The DEPENDS option specifies files on which the command depends. If any dependency
is an OUTPUT of another custom command in the same directory (CMakeLists.txt file)
CMake automatically brings the other custom command into the target in which this
command is built. If DEPENDS is not specified the command will run whenever the
OUTPUT is missing; if the command does not actually create the OUTPUT then the rule
will always run. If DEPENDS specifies any target (created by an ADD_* command) a
target-level dependency is created to make sure the target is built before any
target using this custom command. Additionally, if the target is an executable or
library a file-level dependency is created to cause the custom command to re-run
whenever the target is recompiled.
add_custom_target
Add a target with no output so it will always be built.
add_custom_target(Name [ALL] [command1 [args1...]]
[COMMAND command2 [args2...] ...]
[DEPENDS depend depend depend ... ]
[WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]
[COMMENT comment] [VERBATIM]
[SOURCES src1 [src2...]])
Adds a target with the given name that executes the given commands. The target has
no output file and is ALWAYS CONSIDERED OUT OF DATE even if the commands try to
create a file with the name of the target. Use ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND to generate a
file with dependencies. By default nothing depends on the custom target. Use
ADD_DEPENDENCIES to add dependencies to or from other targets. If the ALL option is
specified it indicates that this target should be added to the default build target
so that it will be run every time (the command cannot be called ALL). The command
and arguments are optional and if not specified an empty target will be created. If
WORKING_DIRECTORY is set, then the command will be run in that directory. If it is
a relative path it will be interpreted relative to the build tree directory
corresponding to the current source directory. If COMMENT is set, the value will be
displayed as a message before the commands are executed at build time. Dependencies
listed with the DEPENDS argument may reference files and outputs of custom commands
created with add_custom_command() in the same directory (CMakeLists.txt file).
If VERBATIM is given then all arguments to the commands will be escaped properly
for the build tool so that the invoked command receives each argument unchanged.
Note that one level of escapes is still used by the CMake language processor before
add_custom_target even sees the arguments. Use of VERBATIM is recommended as it
enables correct behavior. When VERBATIM is not given the behavior is platform
specific because there is no protection of tool-specific special characters.
The SOURCES option specifies additional source files to be included in the custom
target. Specified source files will be added to IDE project files for convenience
in editing even if they have not build rules.
add_definitions
Adds -D define flags to the compilation of source files.
add_definitions(-DFOO -DBAR ...)
Adds flags to the compiler command line for sources in the current directory and
below. This command can be used to add any flags, but it was originally intended
to add preprocessor definitions. Flags beginning in -D or /D that look like
preprocessor definitions are automatically added to the COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
property for the current directory. Definitions with non-trivial values may be
left in the set of flags instead of being converted for reasons of backwards
compatibility. See documentation of the directory, target, and source file
COMPILE_DEFINITIONS properties for details on adding preprocessor definitions to
specific scopes and configurations.
add_dependencies
Add a dependency between top-level targets.
add_dependencies(target-name depend-target1
depend-target2 ...)
Make a top-level target depend on other top-level targets. A top-level target is
one created by ADD_EXECUTABLE, ADD_LIBRARY, or ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET. Adding
dependencies with this command can be used to make sure one target is built before
another target. Dependencies added to an IMPORTED target are followed transitively
in its place since the target itself does not build. See the DEPENDS option of
ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET and ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND for adding file-level dependencies in
custom rules. See the OBJECT_DEPENDS option in SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES to add
file-level dependencies to object files.
add_executable
Add an executable to the project using the specified source files.
add_executable(<name> [WIN32] [MACOSX_BUNDLE]
[EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL]
source1 source2 ... sourceN)
Adds an executable target called <name> to be built from the source files listed in
the command invocation. The <name> corresponds to the logical target name and must
be globally unique within a project. The actual file name of the executable built
is constructed based on conventions of the native platform (such as <name>.exe or
just <name>).
By default the executable file will be created in the build tree directory
corresponding to the source tree directory in which the command was invoked. See
documentation of the RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY target property to change this
location. See documentation of the OUTPUT_NAME target property to change the
<name> part of the final file name.
If WIN32 is given the property WIN32_EXECUTABLE will be set on the target created.
See documentation of that target property for details.
If MACOSX_BUNDLE is given the corresponding property will be set on the created
target. See documentation of the MACOSX_BUNDLE target property for details.
If EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL is given the corresponding property will be set on the created
target. See documentation of the EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL target property for details.
The add_executable command can also create IMPORTED executable targets using this
signature:
add_executable(<name> IMPORTED [GLOBAL])
An IMPORTED executable target references an executable file located outside the
project. No rules are generated to build it. The target name has scope in the
directory in which it is created and below, but the GLOBAL option extends
visibility. It may be referenced like any target built within the project.
IMPORTED executables are useful for convenient reference from commands like
add_custom_command. Details about the imported executable are specified by setting
properties whose names begin in "IMPORTED_". The most important such property is
IMPORTED_LOCATION (and its per-configuration version IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG>)
which specifies the location of the main executable file on disk. See
documentation of the IMPORTED_* properties for more information.
The signature
add_executable(<name> ALIAS <target>)
creates an alias, such that <name> can be used to refer to <target> in subsequent
commands. The <name> does not appear in the generated buildsystem as a make
target. The <target> may not be an IMPORTED target or an ALIAS. Alias targets can
be used as linkable targets, targets to read properties from, executables for
custom commands and custom targets. They can also be tested for existance with the
regular if(TARGET) subcommand. The <name> may not be used to modify properties of
<target>, that is, it may not be used as the operand of set_property,
set_target_properties, target_link_libraries etc. An ALIAS target may not be
installed of exported.
add_library
Add a library to the project using the specified source files.
add_library(<name> [STATIC | SHARED | MODULE]
[EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL]
source1 source2 ... sourceN)
Adds a library target called <name> to be built from the source files listed in the
command invocation. The <name> corresponds to the logical target name and must be
globally unique within a project. The actual file name of the library built is
constructed based on conventions of the native platform (such as lib<name>.a or
<name>.lib).
STATIC, SHARED, or MODULE may be given to specify the type of library to be
created. STATIC libraries are archives of object files for use when linking other
targets. SHARED libraries are linked dynamically and loaded at runtime. MODULE
libraries are plugins that are not linked into other targets but may be loaded
dynamically at runtime using dlopen-like functionality. If no type is given
explicitly the type is STATIC or SHARED based on whether the current value of the
variable BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is true. For SHARED and MODULE libraries the
POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE target property is set to TRUE automatically.
By default the library file will be created in the build tree directory
corresponding to the source tree directory in which the command was invoked. See
documentation of the ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, and
RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY target properties to change this location. See
documentation of the OUTPUT_NAME target property to change the <name> part of the
final file name.
If EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL is given the corresponding property will be set on the created
target. See documentation of the EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL target property for details.
The add_library command can also create IMPORTED library targets using this
signature:
add_library(<name> <SHARED|STATIC|MODULE|UNKNOWN> IMPORTED
[GLOBAL])
An IMPORTED library target references a library file located outside the project.
No rules are generated to build it. The target name has scope in the directory in
which it is created and below, but the GLOBAL option extends visibility. It may be
referenced like any target built within the project. IMPORTED libraries are useful
for convenient reference from commands like target_link_libraries. Details about
the imported library are specified by setting properties whose names begin in
"IMPORTED_". The most important such property is IMPORTED_LOCATION (and its
per-configuration version IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG>) which specifies the location
of the main library file on disk. See documentation of the IMPORTED_* properties
for more information.
The signature
add_library(<name> OBJECT <src>...)
creates a special "object library" target. An object library compiles source files
but does not archive or link their object files into a library. Instead other
targets created by add_library or add_executable may reference the objects using an
expression of the form $<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib> as a source, where "objlib" is the
object library name. For example:
add_library(... $<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib> ...)
add_executable(... $<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib> ...)
will include objlib's object files in a library and an executable along with those
compiled from their own sources. Object libraries may contain only sources (and
headers) that compile to object files. They may contain custom commands generating
such sources, but not PRE_BUILD, PRE_LINK, or POST_BUILD commands. Object
libraries cannot be imported, exported, installed, or linked. Some native build
systems may not like targets that have only object files, so consider adding at
least one real source file to any target that references $<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib>.
The signature
add_library(<name> ALIAS <target>)
creates an alias, such that <name> can be used to refer to <target> in subsequent
commands. The <name> does not appear in the generated buildsystem as a make
target. The <target> may not be an IMPORTED target or an ALIAS. Alias targets can
be used as linkable targets, targets to read properties from. They can also be
tested for existance with the regular if(TARGET) subcommand. The <name> may not be
used to modify properties of <target>, that is, it may not be used as the operand
of set_property, set_target_properties, target_link_libraries etc. An ALIAS target
may not be installed of exported.
add_subdirectory
Add a subdirectory to the build.
add_subdirectory(source_dir [binary_dir]
[EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL])
Add a subdirectory to the build. The source_dir specifies the directory in which
the source CMakeLists.txt and code files are located. If it is a relative path it
will be evaluated with respect to the current directory (the typical usage), but it
may also be an absolute path. The binary_dir specifies the directory in which to
place the output files. If it is a relative path it will be evaluated with respect
to the current output directory, but it may also be an absolute path. If binary_dir
is not specified, the value of source_dir, before expanding any relative path, will
be used (the typical usage). The CMakeLists.txt file in the specified source
directory will be processed immediately by CMake before processing in the current
input file continues beyond this command.
If the EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL argument is provided then targets in the subdirectory will
not be included in the ALL target of the parent directory by default, and will be
excluded from IDE project files. Users must explicitly build targets in the
subdirectory. This is meant for use when the subdirectory contains a separate part
of the project that is useful but not necessary, such as a set of examples.
Typically the subdirectory should contain its own project() command invocation so
that a full build system will be generated in the subdirectory (such as a VS IDE
solution file). Note that inter-target dependencies supercede this exclusion. If
a target built by the parent project depends on a target in the subdirectory, the
dependee target will be included in the parent project build system to satisfy the
dependency.
add_test
Add a test to the project with the specified arguments.
add_test(testname Exename arg1 arg2 ... )
If the ENABLE_TESTING command has been run, this command adds a test target to the
current directory. If ENABLE_TESTING has not been run, this command does nothing.
The tests are run by the testing subsystem by executing Exename with the specified
arguments. Exename can be either an executable built by this project or an
arbitrary executable on the system (like tclsh). The test will be run with the
current working directory set to the CMakeList.txt files corresponding directory in
the binary tree.
add_test(NAME <name> [CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]]
[WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]
COMMAND <command> [arg1 [arg2 ...]])
Add a test called <name>. The test name may not contain spaces, quotes, or other
characters special in CMake syntax. If COMMAND specifies an executable target
(created by add_executable) it will automatically be replaced by the location of
the executable created at build time. If a CONFIGURATIONS option is given then the
test will be executed only when testing under one of the named configurations. If
a WORKING_DIRECTORY option is given then the test will be executed in the given
directory.
Arguments after COMMAND may use "generator expressions" with the syntax "$<...>".
Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to produce
information specific to each build configuration. Valid expressions are:
$<0:...> = empty string (ignores "...")
$<1:...> = content of "..."
$<CONFIG:cfg> = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
$<CONFIGURATION> = configuration name
$<BOOL:...> = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
$<STREQUAL:a,b> = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
$<ANGLE-R> = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
$<COMMA> = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
$<SEMICOLON> = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
$<JOIN:list,...> = joins the list with the content of "..."
$<TARGET_NAME:...> = Marks ... as being the name of a target. This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets. The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
$<C_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<TARGET_FILE:tgt> = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
where "tgt" is the name of a target. Target file expressions produce a full path,
but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and file name components:
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is
evaluated on.
$<TARGET_POLICY:pol> = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'. If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
$<INSTALL_PREFIX> = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
Boolean expressions:
$<AND:?[,?]...> = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
$<OR:?[,?]...> = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
$<NOT:?> = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
Example usage:
add_test(NAME mytest
COMMAND testDriver --config $<CONFIGURATION>
--exe $<TARGET_FILE:myexe>)
This creates a test "mytest" whose command runs a testDriver tool passing the
configuration name and the full path to the executable file produced by target
"myexe".
aux_source_directory
Find all source files in a directory.
aux_source_directory(<dir> <variable>)
Collects the names of all the source files in the specified directory and stores
the list in the <variable> provided. This command is intended to be used by
projects that use explicit template instantiation. Template instantiation files
can be stored in a "Templates" subdirectory and collected automatically using this
command to avoid manually listing all instantiations.
It is tempting to use this command to avoid writing the list of source files for a
library or executable target. While this seems to work, there is no way for CMake
to generate a build system that knows when a new source file has been added.
Normally the generated build system knows when it needs to rerun CMake because the
CMakeLists.txt file is modified to add a new source. When the source is just added
to the directory without modifying this file, one would have to manually rerun
CMake to generate a build system incorporating the new file.
break Break from an enclosing foreach or while loop.
break()
Breaks from an enclosing foreach loop or while loop
build_command
Get the command line to build this project.
build_command(<variable>
[CONFIGURATION <config>]
[PROJECT_NAME <projname>]
[TARGET <target>])
Sets the given <variable> to a string containing the command line for building one
configuration of a target in a project using the build tool appropriate for the
current CMAKE_GENERATOR.
If CONFIGURATION is omitted, CMake chooses a reasonable default value for
multi-configuration generators. CONFIGURATION is ignored for single-configuration
generators.
If PROJECT_NAME is omitted, the resulting command line will build the top level
PROJECT in the current build tree.
If TARGET is omitted, the resulting command line will build everything, effectively
using build target 'all' or 'ALL_BUILD'.
build_command(<cachevariable> <makecommand>)
This second signature is deprecated, but still available for backwards
compatibility. Use the first signature instead.
Sets the given <cachevariable> to a string containing the command to build this
project from the root of the build tree using the build tool given by
<makecommand>. <makecommand> should be the full path to msdev, devenv, nmake, make
or one of the end user build tools.
cmake_host_system_information
Query host system specific information.
cmake_host_system_information(RESULT <variable> QUERY <key> ...)
Queries system information of the host system on which cmake runs. One or more
<key> can be provided to select the information to be queried. The list of queried
values is stored in <variable>.
<key> can be one of the following values:
NUMBER_OF_LOGICAL_CORES = Number of logical cores.
NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_CORES = Number of physical cores.
HOSTNAME = Hostname.
FQDN = Fully qualified domain name.
TOTAL_VIRTUAL_MEMORY = Total virtual memory in megabytes.
AVAILABLE_VIRTUAL_MEMORY = Available virtual memory in megabytes.
TOTAL_PHYSICAL_MEMORY = Total physical memory in megabytes.
AVAILABLE_PHYSICAL_MEMORY = Available physical memory in megabytes.
cmake_minimum_required
Set the minimum required version of cmake for a project.
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION major[.minor[.patch[.tweak]]]
[FATAL_ERROR])
If the current version of CMake is lower than that required it will stop processing
the project and report an error. When a version higher than 2.4 is specified the
command implicitly invokes
cmake_policy(VERSION major[.minor[.patch[.tweak]]])
which sets the cmake policy version level to the version specified. When version
2.4 or lower is given the command implicitly invokes
cmake_policy(VERSION 2.4)
which enables compatibility features for CMake 2.4 and lower.
The FATAL_ERROR option is accepted but ignored by CMake 2.6 and higher. It should
be specified so CMake versions 2.4 and lower fail with an error instead of just a
warning.
cmake_policy
Manage CMake Policy settings.
As CMake evolves it is sometimes necessary to change existing behavior in order to
fix bugs or improve implementations of existing features. The CMake Policy
mechanism is designed to help keep existing projects building as new versions of
CMake introduce changes in behavior. Each new policy (behavioral change) is given
an identifier of the form "CMP<NNNN>" where "<NNNN>" is an integer index.
Documentation associated with each policy describes the OLD and NEW behavior and
the reason the policy was introduced. Projects may set each policy to select the
desired behavior. When CMake needs to know which behavior to use it checks for a
setting specified by the project. If no setting is available the OLD behavior is
assumed and a warning is produced requesting that the policy be set.
The cmake_policy command is used to set policies to OLD or NEW behavior. While
setting policies individually is supported, we encourage projects to set policies
based on CMake versions.
cmake_policy(VERSION major.minor[.patch[.tweak]])
Specify that the current CMake list file is written for the given version of CMake.
All policies introduced in the specified version or earlier will be set to use NEW
behavior. All policies introduced after the specified version will be unset
(unless variable CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP<NNNN> sets a default). This effectively
requests behavior preferred as of a given CMake version and tells newer CMake
versions to warn about their new policies. The policy version specified must be at
least 2.4 or the command will report an error. In order to get compatibility
features supporting versions earlier than 2.4 see documentation of policy CMP0001.
cmake_policy(SET CMP<NNNN> NEW)
cmake_policy(SET CMP<NNNN> OLD)
Tell CMake to use the OLD or NEW behavior for a given policy. Projects depending
on the old behavior of a given policy may silence a policy warning by setting the
policy state to OLD. Alternatively one may fix the project to work with the new
behavior and set the policy state to NEW.
cmake_policy(GET CMP<NNNN> <variable>)
Check whether a given policy is set to OLD or NEW behavior. The output variable
value will be "OLD" or "NEW" if the policy is set, and empty otherwise.
CMake keeps policy settings on a stack, so changes made by the cmake_policy command
affect only the top of the stack. A new entry on the policy stack is managed
automatically for each subdirectory to protect its parents and siblings. CMake
also manages a new entry for scripts loaded by include() and find_package()
commands except when invoked with the NO_POLICY_SCOPE option (see also policy
CMP0011). The cmake_policy command provides an interface to manage custom entries
on the policy stack:
cmake_policy(PUSH)
cmake_policy(POP)
Each PUSH must have a matching POP to erase any changes. This is useful to make
temporary changes to policy settings.
Functions and macros record policy settings when they are created and use the
pre-record policies when they are invoked. If the function or macro implementation
sets policies, the changes automatically propagate up through callers until they
reach the closest nested policy stack entry.
configure_file
Copy a file to another location and modify its contents.
configure_file(<input> <output>
[COPYONLY] [ESCAPE_QUOTES] [@ONLY]
[NEWLINE_STYLE [UNIX|DOS|WIN32|LF|CRLF] ])
Copies a file <input> to file <output> and substitutes variable values referenced
in the file content. If <input> is a relative path it is evaluated with respect to
the current source directory. The <input> must be a file, not a directory. If
<output> is a relative path it is evaluated with respect to the current binary
directory. If <output> names an existing directory the input file is placed in
that directory with its original name.
If the <input> file is modified the build system will re-run CMake to re-configure
the file and generate the build system again.
This command replaces any variables in the input file referenced as ${VAR} or @VAR@
with their values as determined by CMake. If a variable is not defined, it will be
replaced with nothing. If COPYONLY is specified, then no variable expansion will
take place. If ESCAPE_QUOTES is specified then any substituted quotes will be
C-style escaped. The file will be configured with the current values of CMake
variables. If @ONLY is specified, only variables of the form @VAR@ will be replaced
and ${VAR} will be ignored. This is useful for configuring scripts that use
${VAR}.
Input file lines of the form "#cmakedefine VAR ..." will be replaced with either
"#define VAR ..." or "/* #undef VAR */" depending on whether VAR is set in CMake to
any value not considered a false constant by the if() command. (Content of "...",
if any, is processed as above.) Input file lines of the form "#cmakedefine01 VAR"
will be replaced with either "#define VAR 1" or "#define VAR 0" similarly.
With NEWLINE_STYLE the line ending could be adjusted:
'UNIX' or 'LF' for \n, 'DOS', 'WIN32' or 'CRLF' for \r\n.
COPYONLY must not be used with NEWLINE_STYLE.
create_test_sourcelist
Create a test driver and source list for building test programs.
create_test_sourcelist(sourceListName driverName
test1 test2 test3
EXTRA_INCLUDE include.h
FUNCTION function)
A test driver is a program that links together many small tests into a single
executable. This is useful when building static executables with large libraries
to shrink the total required size. The list of source files needed to build the
test driver will be in sourceListName. DriverName is the name of the test driver
program. The rest of the arguments consist of a list of test source files, can be
semicolon separated. Each test source file should have a function in it that is
the same name as the file with no extension (foo.cxx should have int foo(int,
char*[]);) DriverName will be able to call each of the tests by name on the command
line. If EXTRA_INCLUDE is specified, then the next argument is included into the
generated file. If FUNCTION is specified, then the next argument is taken as a
function name that is passed a pointer to ac and av. This can be used to add extra
command line processing to each test. The cmake variable
CMAKE_TESTDRIVER_BEFORE_TESTMAIN can be set to have code that will be placed
directly before calling the test main function. CMAKE_TESTDRIVER_AFTER_TESTMAIN
can be set to have code that will be placed directly after the call to the test
main function.
define_property
Define and document custom properties.
define_property(<GLOBAL | DIRECTORY | TARGET | SOURCE |
TEST | VARIABLE | CACHED_VARIABLE>
PROPERTY <name> [INHERITED]
BRIEF_DOCS <brief-doc> [docs...]
FULL_DOCS <full-doc> [docs...])
Define one property in a scope for use with the set_property and get_property
commands. This is primarily useful to associate documentation with property names
that may be retrieved with the get_property command. The first argument determines
the kind of scope in which the property should be used. It must be one of the
following:
GLOBAL = associated with the global namespace
DIRECTORY = associated with one directory
TARGET = associated with one target
SOURCE = associated with one source file
TEST = associated with a test named with add_test
VARIABLE = documents a CMake language variable
CACHED_VARIABLE = documents a CMake cache variable
Note that unlike set_property and get_property no actual scope needs to be given;
only the kind of scope is important.
The required PROPERTY option is immediately followed by the name of the property
being defined.
If the INHERITED option then the get_property command will chain up to the next
higher scope when the requested property is not set in the scope given to the
command. DIRECTORY scope chains to GLOBAL. TARGET, SOURCE, and TEST chain to
DIRECTORY.
The BRIEF_DOCS and FULL_DOCS options are followed by strings to be associated with
the property as its brief and full documentation. Corresponding options to the
get_property command will retrieve the documentation.
else Starts the else portion of an if block.
else(expression)
See the if command.
elseif Starts the elseif portion of an if block.
elseif(expression)
See the if command.
enable_language
Enable a language (CXX/C/Fortran/etc)
enable_language(<lang> [OPTIONAL] )
This command enables support for the named language in CMake. This is the same as
the project command but does not create any of the extra variables that are created
by the project command. Example languages are CXX, C, Fortran.
This command must be called in file scope, not in a function call. Furthermore, it
must be called in the highest directory common to all targets using the named
language directly for compiling sources or indirectly through link dependencies.
It is simplest to enable all needed languages in the top-level directory of a
project.
The OPTIONAL keyword is a placeholder for future implementation and does not
currently work.
enable_testing
Enable testing for current directory and below.
enable_testing()
Enables testing for this directory and below. See also the add_test command. Note
that ctest expects to find a test file in the build directory root. Therefore,
this command should be in the source directory root.
endforeach
Ends a list of commands in a FOREACH block.
endforeach(expression)
See the FOREACH command.
endfunction
Ends a list of commands in a function block.
endfunction(expression)
See the function command.
endif Ends a list of commands in an if block.
endif(expression)
See the if command.
endmacro
Ends a list of commands in a macro block.
endmacro(expression)
See the macro command.
endwhile
Ends a list of commands in a while block.
endwhile(expression)
See the while command.
execute_process
Execute one or more child processes.
execute_process(COMMAND <cmd1> [args1...]]
[COMMAND <cmd2> [args2...] [...]]
[WORKING_DIRECTORY <directory>]
[TIMEOUT <seconds>]
[RESULT_VARIABLE <variable>]
[OUTPUT_VARIABLE <variable>]
[ERROR_VARIABLE <variable>]
[INPUT_FILE <file>]
[OUTPUT_FILE <file>]
[ERROR_FILE <file>]
[OUTPUT_QUIET]
[ERROR_QUIET]
[OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE]
[ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE])
Runs the given sequence of one or more commands with the standard output of each
process piped to the standard input of the next. A single standard error pipe is
used for all processes. If WORKING_DIRECTORY is given the named directory will be
set as the current working directory of the child processes. If TIMEOUT is given
the child processes will be terminated if they do not finish in the specified
number of seconds (fractions are allowed). If RESULT_VARIABLE is given the
variable will be set to contain the result of running the processes. This will be
an integer return code from the last child or a string describing an error
condition. If OUTPUT_VARIABLE or ERROR_VARIABLE are given the variable named will
be set with the contents of the standard output and standard error pipes
respectively. If the same variable is named for both pipes their output will be
merged in the order produced. If INPUT_FILE, OUTPUT_FILE, or ERROR_FILE is given
the file named will be attached to the standard input of the first process,
standard output of the last process, or standard error of all processes
respectively. If OUTPUT_QUIET or ERROR_QUIET is given then the standard output or
standard error results will be quietly ignored. If more than one OUTPUT_* or
ERROR_* option is given for the same pipe the precedence is not specified. If no
OUTPUT_* or ERROR_* options are given the output will be shared with the
corresponding pipes of the CMake process itself.
The execute_process command is a newer more powerful version of exec_program, but
the old command has been kept for compatibility.
export Export targets from the build tree for use by outside projects.
export(TARGETS [target1 [target2 [...]]] [NAMESPACE <namespace>]
[APPEND] FILE <filename> [EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES])
Create a file <filename> that may be included by outside projects to import targets
from the current project's build tree. This is useful during cross-compiling to
build utility executables that can run on the host platform in one project and then
import them into another project being compiled for the target platform. If the
NAMESPACE option is given the <namespace> string will be prepended to all target
names written to the file. If the APPEND option is given the generated code will
be appended to the file instead of overwriting it. The
EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES keyword, if present, causes the contents of the
properties matching (IMPORTED_)?LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES(_<CONFIG>)? to be
exported, when policy CMP0022 is NEW. If a library target is included in the
export but a target to which it links is not included the behavior is unspecified.
The file created by this command is specific to the build tree and should never be
installed. See the install(EXPORT) command to export targets from an installation
tree.
Do not set properties that affect the location of a target after passing it to this
command. These include properties whose names match
"(RUNTIME|LIBRARY|ARCHIVE)_OUTPUT_(NAME|DIRECTORY)(_<CONFIG>)?",
"(IMPLIB_)?(PREFIX|SUFFIX)", or "LINKER_LANGUAGE". Failure to follow this rule is
not diagnosed and leaves the location of the target undefined.
export(PACKAGE <name>)
Store the current build directory in the CMake user package registry for package
<name>. The find_package command may consider the directory while searching for
package <name>. This helps dependent projects find and use a package from the
current project's build tree without help from the user. Note that the entry in
the package registry that this command creates works only in conjunction with a
package configuration file (<name>Config.cmake) that works with the build tree.
file File manipulation command.
file(WRITE filename "message to write"... )
file(APPEND filename "message to write"... )
file(READ filename variable [LIMIT numBytes] [OFFSET offset] [HEX])
file(<MD5|SHA1|SHA224|SHA256|SHA384|SHA512> filename variable)
file(STRINGS filename variable [LIMIT_COUNT num]
[LIMIT_INPUT numBytes] [LIMIT_OUTPUT numBytes]
[LENGTH_MINIMUM numBytes] [LENGTH_MAXIMUM numBytes]
[NEWLINE_CONSUME] [REGEX regex]
[NO_HEX_CONVERSION])
file(GLOB variable [RELATIVE path] [globbing expressions]...)
file(GLOB_RECURSE variable [RELATIVE path]
[FOLLOW_SYMLINKS] [globbing expressions]...)
file(RENAME <oldname> <newname>)
file(REMOVE [file1 ...])
file(REMOVE_RECURSE [file1 ...])
file(MAKE_DIRECTORY [directory1 directory2 ...])
file(RELATIVE_PATH variable directory file)
file(TO_CMAKE_PATH path result)
file(TO_NATIVE_PATH path result)
file(DOWNLOAD url file [INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT timeout]
[TIMEOUT timeout] [STATUS status] [LOG log] [SHOW_PROGRESS]
[EXPECTED_HASH ALGO=value] [EXPECTED_MD5 sum]
[TLS_VERIFY on|off] [TLS_CAINFO file])
file(UPLOAD filename url [INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT timeout]
[TIMEOUT timeout] [STATUS status] [LOG log] [SHOW_PROGRESS])
file(TIMESTAMP filename variable [<format string>] [UTC])
file(GENERATE OUTPUT output_file
<INPUT input_file|CONTENT input_content>
[CONDITION expression])
WRITE will write a message into a file called 'filename'. It overwrites the file if
it already exists, and creates the file if it does not exist. (If the file is a
build input, use configure_file to update the file only when its content changes.)
APPEND will write a message into a file same as WRITE, except it will append it to
the end of the file
READ will read the content of a file and store it into the variable. It will start
at the given offset and read up to numBytes. If the argument HEX is given, the
binary data will be converted to hexadecimal representation and this will be stored
in the variable.
MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512 will compute a cryptographic hash of
the content of a file.
STRINGS will parse a list of ASCII strings from a file and store it in a variable.
Binary data in the file are ignored. Carriage return (CR) characters are ignored.
It works also for Intel Hex and Motorola S-record files, which are automatically
converted to binary format when reading them. Disable this using NO_HEX_CONVERSION.
LIMIT_COUNT sets the maximum number of strings to return. LIMIT_INPUT sets the
maximum number of bytes to read from the input file. LIMIT_OUTPUT sets the maximum
number of bytes to store in the output variable. LENGTH_MINIMUM sets the minimum
length of a string to return. Shorter strings are ignored. LENGTH_MAXIMUM sets the
maximum length of a string to return. Longer strings are split into strings no
longer than the maximum length. NEWLINE_CONSUME allows newlines to be included in
strings instead of terminating them.
REGEX specifies a regular expression that a string must match to be returned.
Typical usage
file(STRINGS myfile.txt myfile)
stores a list in the variable "myfile" in which each item is a line from the input
file.
GLOB will generate a list of all files that match the globbing expressions and
store it into the variable. Globbing expressions are similar to regular
expressions, but much simpler. If RELATIVE flag is specified for an expression, the
results will be returned as a relative path to the given path. (We do not
recommend using GLOB to collect a list of source files from your source tree. If
no CMakeLists.txt file changes when a source is added or removed then the generated
build system cannot know when to ask CMake to regenerate.)
Examples of globbing expressions include:
*.cxx - match all files with extension cxx
*.vt? - match all files with extension vta,...,vtz
f[3-5].txt - match files f3.txt, f4.txt, f5.txt
GLOB_RECURSE will generate a list similar to the regular GLOB, except it will
traverse all the subdirectories of the matched directory and match the files.
Subdirectories that are symlinks are only traversed if FOLLOW_SYMLINKS is given or
cmake policy CMP0009 is not set to NEW. See cmake --help-policy CMP0009 for more
information.
Examples of recursive globbing include:
/dir/*.py - match all python files in /dir and subdirectories
MAKE_DIRECTORY will create the given directories, also if their parent directories
don't exist yet
RENAME moves a file or directory within a filesystem, replacing the destination
atomically.
REMOVE will remove the given files, also in subdirectories
REMOVE_RECURSE will remove the given files and directories, also non-empty
directories
RELATIVE_PATH will determine relative path from directory to the given file.
TO_CMAKE_PATH will convert path into a cmake style path with unix /. The input can
be a single path or a system path like "$ENV{PATH}". Note the double quotes around
the ENV call TO_CMAKE_PATH only takes one argument. This command will also convert
the native list delimiters for a list of paths like the PATH environment variable.
TO_NATIVE_PATH works just like TO_CMAKE_PATH, but will convert from a cmake style
path into the native path style \ for windows and / for UNIX.
DOWNLOAD will download the given URL to the given file. If LOG var is specified a
log of the download will be put in var. If STATUS var is specified the status of
the operation will be put in var. The status is returned in a list of length 2. The
first element is the numeric return value for the operation, and the second element
is a string value for the error. A 0 numeric error means no error in the operation.
If TIMEOUT time is specified, the operation will timeout after time seconds, time
should be specified as an integer. The INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT specifies an integer
number of seconds of inactivity after which the operation should terminate. If
EXPECTED_HASH ALGO=value is specified, the operation will verify that the
downloaded file's actual hash matches the expected value, where ALGO is one of MD5,
SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, or SHA512. If it does not match, the operation fails
with an error. ("EXPECTED_MD5 sum" is short-hand for "EXPECTED_HASH MD5=sum".) If
SHOW_PROGRESS is specified, progress information will be printed as status messages
until the operation is complete. For https URLs CMake must be built with OpenSSL.
TLS/SSL certificates are not checked by default. Set TLS_VERIFY to ON to check
certificates and/or use EXPECTED_HASH to verify downloaded content. Set TLS_CAINFO
to specify a custom Certificate Authority file. If either TLS option is not given
CMake will check variables CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY and CMAKE_TLS_CAINFO, respectively.
UPLOAD will upload the given file to the given URL. If LOG var is specified a log
of the upload will be put in var. If STATUS var is specified the status of the
operation will be put in var. The status is returned in a list of length 2. The
first element is the numeric return value for the operation, and the second element
is a string value for the error. A 0 numeric error means no error in the operation.
If TIMEOUT time is specified, the operation will timeout after time seconds, time
should be specified as an integer. The INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT specifies an integer
number of seconds of inactivity after which the operation should terminate. If
SHOW_PROGRESS is specified, progress information will be printed as status messages
until the operation is complete.
TIMESTAMP will write a string representation of the modification time of filename
to variable.
Should the command be unable to obtain a timestamp variable will be set to the
empty string "".
See documentation of the string TIMESTAMP sub-command for more details.
The file() command also provides COPY and INSTALL signatures:
file(<COPY|INSTALL> files... DESTINATION <dir>
[FILE_PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS] [USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS]
[FILES_MATCHING]
[[PATTERN <pattern> | REGEX <regex>]
[EXCLUDE] [PERMISSIONS permissions...]] [...])
The COPY signature copies files, directories, and symlinks to a destination folder.
Relative input paths are evaluated with respect to the current source directory,
and a relative destination is evaluated with respect to the current build
directory. Copying preserves input file timestamps, and optimizes out a file if it
exists at the destination with the same timestamp. Copying preserves input
permissions unless explicit permissions or NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS are given (default
is USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS). See the install(DIRECTORY) command for documentation
of permissions, PATTERN, REGEX, and EXCLUDE options.
The INSTALL signature differs slightly from COPY: it prints status messages, and
NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS is default. Installation scripts generated by the install()
command use this signature (with some undocumented options for internal use).
GENERATE will write an <output_file> with content from an <input_file>, or from
<input_content>. The output is generated conditionally based on the content of the
<condition>. The file is written at CMake generate-time and the input may contain
generator expressions. The <condition>, <output_file> and <input_file> may also
contain generator expressions. The <condition> must evaluate to either '0' or '1'.
The <output_file> must evaluate to a unique name among all configurations and among
all invocations of file(GENERATE).
find_file
Find the full path to a file.
find_file(<VAR> name1 [path1 path2 ...])
This is the short-hand signature for the command that is sufficient in many cases.
It is the same as find_file(<VAR> name1 [PATHS path1 path2 ...])
find_file(
<VAR>
name | NAMES name1 [name2 ...]
[HINTS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATHS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATH_SUFFIXES suffix1 [suffix2 ...]]
[DOC "cache documentation string"]
[NO_DEFAULT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_PATH]
[NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH]
[CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH |
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH |
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH]
)
This command is used to find a full path to named file. A cache entry named by
<VAR> is created to store the result of this command. If the full path to a file
is found the result is stored in the variable and the search will not be repeated
unless the variable is cleared. If nothing is found, the result will be
<VAR>-NOTFOUND, and the search will be attempted again the next time find_file is
invoked with the same variable. The name of the full path to a file that is
searched for is specified by the names listed after the NAMES argument.
Additional search locations can be specified after the PATHS argument. If ENV var
is found in the HINTS or PATHS section the environment variable var will be read
and converted from a system environment variable to a cmake style list of paths.
For example ENV PATH would be a way to list the system path variable. The argument
after DOC will be used for the documentation string in the cache. PATH_SUFFIXES
specifies additional subdirectories to check below each search path.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is specified, then no additional paths are added to the search.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is not specified, the search process is as follows:
1. Search paths specified in cmake-specific cache variables. These are intended to
be used on the command line with a -DVAR=value. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/include/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/include for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
2. Search paths specified in cmake-specific environment variables. These are
intended to be set in the user's shell configuration. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/include/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/include for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
3. Search the paths specified by the HINTS option. These should be paths computed
by system introspection, such as a hint provided by the location of another item
already found. Hard-coded guesses should be specified with the PATHS option.
4. Search the standard system environment variables. This can be skipped if
NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is an argument.
PATH
INCLUDE
5. Search cmake variables defined in the Platform files for the current system.
This can be skipped if NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/include/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/include for each <prefix> in CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_FRAMEWORK_PATH
6. Search the paths specified by the PATHS option or in the short-hand version of
the command. These are typically hard-coded guesses.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Frameworks, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find frameworks before standard
libraries or headers. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find frameworks after standard
libraries or headers.
"ONLY" - Only try to find frameworks.
"NEVER" - Never try to find frameworks.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Application Bundles, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_APPBUNDLE can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find application bundles before standard
programs. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find application bundles after standard
programs.
"ONLY" - Only try to find application bundles.
"NEVER" - Never try to find application bundles.
The CMake variable CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specifies one or more directories to be
prepended to all other search directories. This effectively "re-roots" the entire
search under given locations. By default it is empty. It is especially useful when
cross-compiling to point to the root directory of the target environment and CMake
will search there too. By default at first the directories listed in
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH and then the non-rooted directories will be searched. The
default behavior can be adjusted by setting CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE.
This behavior can be manually overridden on a per-call basis. By using
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH the search order will be as described above. If
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH will not be used. If
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then only the re-rooted directories will be
searched.
The default search order is designed to be most-specific to least-specific for
common use cases. Projects may override the order by simply calling the command
multiple times and using the NO_* options:
find_file(<VAR> NAMES name PATHS paths... NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
find_file(<VAR> NAMES name)
Once one of the calls succeeds the result variable will be set and stored in the
cache so that no call will search again.
find_library
Find a library.
find_library(<VAR> name1 [path1 path2 ...])
This is the short-hand signature for the command that is sufficient in many cases.
It is the same as find_library(<VAR> name1 [PATHS path1 path2 ...])
find_library(
<VAR>
name | NAMES name1 [name2 ...] [NAMES_PER_DIR]
[HINTS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATHS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATH_SUFFIXES suffix1 [suffix2 ...]]
[DOC "cache documentation string"]
[NO_DEFAULT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_PATH]
[NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH]
[CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH |
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH |
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH]
)
This command is used to find a library. A cache entry named by <VAR> is created to
store the result of this command. If the library is found the result is stored in
the variable and the search will not be repeated unless the variable is cleared.
If nothing is found, the result will be <VAR>-NOTFOUND, and the search will be
attempted again the next time find_library is invoked with the same variable. The
name of the library that is searched for is specified by the names listed after the
NAMES argument. Additional search locations can be specified after the PATHS
argument. If ENV var is found in the HINTS or PATHS section the environment
variable var will be read and converted from a system environment variable to a
cmake style list of paths. For example ENV PATH would be a way to list the system
path variable. The argument after DOC will be used for the documentation string in
the cache. PATH_SUFFIXES specifies additional subdirectories to check below each
search path.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is specified, then no additional paths are added to the search.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is not specified, the search process is as follows:
1. Search paths specified in cmake-specific cache variables. These are intended to
be used on the command line with a -DVAR=value. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/lib/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/lib for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
2. Search paths specified in cmake-specific environment variables. These are
intended to be set in the user's shell configuration. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/lib/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/lib for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
3. Search the paths specified by the HINTS option. These should be paths computed
by system introspection, such as a hint provided by the location of another item
already found. Hard-coded guesses should be specified with the PATHS option.
4. Search the standard system environment variables. This can be skipped if
NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is an argument.
PATH
LIB
5. Search cmake variables defined in the Platform files for the current system.
This can be skipped if NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/lib/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/lib for each <prefix> in CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_FRAMEWORK_PATH
6. Search the paths specified by the PATHS option or in the short-hand version of
the command. These are typically hard-coded guesses.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Frameworks, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find frameworks before standard
libraries or headers. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find frameworks after standard
libraries or headers.
"ONLY" - Only try to find frameworks.
"NEVER" - Never try to find frameworks.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Application Bundles, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_APPBUNDLE can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find application bundles before standard
programs. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find application bundles after standard
programs.
"ONLY" - Only try to find application bundles.
"NEVER" - Never try to find application bundles.
The CMake variable CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specifies one or more directories to be
prepended to all other search directories. This effectively "re-roots" the entire
search under given locations. By default it is empty. It is especially useful when
cross-compiling to point to the root directory of the target environment and CMake
will search there too. By default at first the directories listed in
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH and then the non-rooted directories will be searched. The
default behavior can be adjusted by setting CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY.
This behavior can be manually overridden on a per-call basis. By using
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH the search order will be as described above. If
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH will not be used. If
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then only the re-rooted directories will be
searched.
The default search order is designed to be most-specific to least-specific for
common use cases. Projects may override the order by simply calling the command
multiple times and using the NO_* options:
find_library(<VAR> NAMES name PATHS paths... NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
find_library(<VAR> NAMES name)
Once one of the calls succeeds the result variable will be set and stored in the
cache so that no call will search again.
When more than one value is given to the NAMES option this command by default will
consider one name at a time and search every directory for it. The NAMES_PER_DIR
option tells this command to consider one directory at a time and search for all
names in it.
If the library found is a framework, then VAR will be set to the full path to the
framework <fullPath>/A.framework. When a full path to a framework is used as a
library, CMake will use a -framework A, and a -F<fullPath> to link the framework to
the target.
If the global property FIND_LIBRARY_USE_LIB64_PATHS is set all search paths will be
tested as normal, with "64/" appended, and with all matches of "lib/" replaced with
"lib64/". This property is automatically set for the platforms that are known to
need it if at least one of the languages supported by the PROJECT command is
enabled.
find_package
Load settings for an external project.
find_package(<package> [version] [EXACT] [QUIET] [MODULE]
[REQUIRED] [[COMPONENTS] [components...]]
[OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS components...]
[NO_POLICY_SCOPE])
Finds and loads settings from an external project. <package>_FOUND will be set to
indicate whether the package was found. When the package is found package-specific
information is provided through variables and imported targets documented by the
package itself. The QUIET option disables messages if the package cannot be found.
The MODULE option disables the second signature documented below. The REQUIRED
option stops processing with an error message if the package cannot be found.
A package-specific list of required components may be listed after the COMPONENTS
option (or after the REQUIRED option if present). Additional optional components
may be listed after OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS. Available components and their influence
on whether a package is considered to be found are defined by the target package.
The [version] argument requests a version with which the package found should be
compatible (format is major[.minor[.patch[.tweak]]]). The EXACT option requests
that the version be matched exactly. If no [version] and/or component list is
given to a recursive invocation inside a find-module, the corresponding arguments
are forwarded automatically from the outer call (including the EXACT flag for
[version]). Version support is currently provided only on a package-by-package
basis (details below).
User code should generally look for packages using the above simple signature. The
remainder of this command documentation specifies the full command signature and
details of the search process. Project maintainers wishing to provide a package to
be found by this command are encouraged to read on.
The command has two modes by which it searches for packages: "Module" mode and
"Config" mode. Module mode is available when the command is invoked with the above
reduced signature. CMake searches for a file called "Find<package>.cmake" in the
CMAKE_MODULE_PATH followed by the CMake installation. If the file is found, it is
read and processed by CMake. It is responsible for finding the package, checking
the version, and producing any needed messages. Many find-modules provide limited
or no support for versioning; check the module documentation. If no module is
found and the MODULE option is not given the command proceeds to Config mode.
The complete Config mode command signature is:
find_package(<package> [version] [EXACT] [QUIET]
[REQUIRED] [[COMPONENTS] [components...]]
[CONFIG|NO_MODULE]
[NO_POLICY_SCOPE]
[NAMES name1 [name2 ...]]
[CONFIGS config1 [config2 ...]]
[HINTS path1 [path2 ... ]]
[PATHS path1 [path2 ... ]]
[PATH_SUFFIXES suffix1 [suffix2 ...]]
[NO_DEFAULT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_PATH]
[NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY]
[NO_CMAKE_BUILDS_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY]
[CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH |
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH |
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH])
The CONFIG option may be used to skip Module mode explicitly and switch to Config
mode. It is synonymous to using NO_MODULE. Config mode is also implied by use of
options not specified in the reduced signature.
Config mode attempts to locate a configuration file provided by the package to be
found. A cache entry called <package>_DIR is created to hold the directory
containing the file. By default the command searches for a package with the name
<package>. If the NAMES option is given the names following it are used instead of
<package>. The command searches for a file called "<name>Config.cmake" or
"<lower-case-name>-config.cmake" for each name specified. A replacement set of
possible configuration file names may be given using the CONFIGS option. The
search procedure is specified below. Once found, the configuration file is read
and processed by CMake. Since the file is provided by the package it already knows
the location of package contents. The full path to the configuration file is
stored in the cmake variable <package>_CONFIG.
All configuration files which have been considered by CMake while searching for an
installation of the package with an appropriate version are stored in the cmake
variable <package>_CONSIDERED_CONFIGS, the associated versions in
<package>_CONSIDERED_VERSIONS.
If the package configuration file cannot be found CMake will generate an error
describing the problem unless the QUIET argument is specified. If REQUIRED is
specified and the package is not found a fatal error is generated and the configure
step stops executing. If <package>_DIR has been set to a directory not containing
a configuration file CMake will ignore it and search from scratch.
When the [version] argument is given Config mode will only find a version of the
package that claims compatibility with the requested version (format is
major[.minor[.patch[.tweak]]]). If the EXACT option is given only a version of the
package claiming an exact match of the requested version may be found. CMake does
not establish any convention for the meaning of version numbers. Package version
numbers are checked by "version" files provided by the packages themselves. For a
candidate package configuration file "<config-file>.cmake" the corresponding
version file is located next to it and named either "<config-file>-version.cmake"
or "<config-file>Version.cmake". If no such version file is available then the
configuration file is assumed to not be compatible with any requested version. A
basic version file containing generic version matching code can be created using
the macro write_basic_package_version_file(), see its documentation for more
details. When a version file is found it is loaded to check the requested version
number. The version file is loaded in a nested scope in which the following
variables have been defined:
PACKAGE_FIND_NAME = the <package> name
PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION = full requested version string
PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION_MAJOR = major version if requested, else 0
PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION_MINOR = minor version if requested, else 0
PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION_PATCH = patch version if requested, else 0
PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION_TWEAK = tweak version if requested, else 0
PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION_COUNT = number of version components, 0 to 4
The version file checks whether it satisfies the requested version and sets these
variables:
PACKAGE_VERSION = full provided version string
PACKAGE_VERSION_EXACT = true if version is exact match
PACKAGE_VERSION_COMPATIBLE = true if version is compatible
PACKAGE_VERSION_UNSUITABLE = true if unsuitable as any version
These variables are checked by the find_package command to determine whether the
configuration file provides an acceptable version. They are not available after
the find_package call returns. If the version is acceptable the following
variables are set:
<package>_VERSION = full provided version string
<package>_VERSION_MAJOR = major version if provided, else 0
<package>_VERSION_MINOR = minor version if provided, else 0
<package>_VERSION_PATCH = patch version if provided, else 0
<package>_VERSION_TWEAK = tweak version if provided, else 0
<package>_VERSION_COUNT = number of version components, 0 to 4
and the corresponding package configuration file is loaded. When multiple package
configuration files are available whose version files claim compatibility with the
version requested it is unspecified which one is chosen. No attempt is made to
choose a highest or closest version number.
Config mode provides an elaborate interface and search procedure. Much of the
interface is provided for completeness and for use internally by find-modules
loaded by Module mode. Most user code should simply call
find_package(<package> [major[.minor]] [EXACT] [REQUIRED|QUIET])
in order to find a package. Package maintainers providing CMake package
configuration files are encouraged to name and install them such that the procedure
outlined below will find them without requiring use of additional options.
CMake constructs a set of possible installation prefixes for the package. Under
each prefix several directories are searched for a configuration file. The tables
below show the directories searched. Each entry is meant for installation trees
following Windows (W), UNIX (U), or Apple (A) conventions.
<prefix>/ (W)
<prefix>/(cmake|CMake)/ (W)
<prefix>/<name>*/ (W)
<prefix>/<name>*/(cmake|CMake)/ (W)
<prefix>/(lib/<arch>|lib|share)/cmake/<name>*/ (U)
<prefix>/(lib/<arch>|lib|share)/<name>*/ (U)
<prefix>/(lib/<arch>|lib|share)/<name>*/(cmake|CMake)/ (U)
On systems supporting OS X Frameworks and Application Bundles the following
directories are searched for frameworks or bundles containing a configuration file:
<prefix>/<name>.framework/Resources/ (A)
<prefix>/<name>.framework/Resources/CMake/ (A)
<prefix>/<name>.framework/Versions/*/Resources/ (A)
<prefix>/<name>.framework/Versions/*/Resources/CMake/ (A)
<prefix>/<name>.app/Contents/Resources/ (A)
<prefix>/<name>.app/Contents/Resources/CMake/ (A)
In all cases the <name> is treated as case-insensitive and corresponds to any of
the names specified (<package> or names given by NAMES). Paths with lib/<arch> are
enabled if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set. If PATH_SUFFIXES is specified the
suffixes are appended to each (W) or (U) directory entry one-by-one.
This set of directories is intended to work in cooperation with projects that
provide configuration files in their installation trees. Directories above marked
with (W) are intended for installations on Windows where the prefix may point at
the top of an application's installation directory. Those marked with (U) are
intended for installations on UNIX platforms where the prefix is shared by multiple
packages. This is merely a convention, so all (W) and (U) directories are still
searched on all platforms. Directories marked with (A) are intended for
installations on Apple platforms. The cmake variables CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK and
CMAKE_FIND_APPBUNDLE determine the order of preference as specified below.
The set of installation prefixes is constructed using the following steps. If
NO_DEFAULT_PATH is specified all NO_* options are enabled.
1. Search paths specified in cmake-specific cache variables. These are intended to
be used on the command line with a -DVAR=value. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_PATH is passed.
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
2. Search paths specified in cmake-specific environment variables. These are
intended to be set in the user's shell configuration. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is passed.
<package>_DIR
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
3. Search paths specified by the HINTS option. These should be paths computed by
system introspection, such as a hint provided by the location of another item
already found. Hard-coded guesses should be specified with the PATHS option.
4. Search the standard system environment variables. This can be skipped if
NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is passed. Path entries ending in "/bin" or "/sbin" are
automatically converted to their parent directories.
PATH
5. Search project build trees recently configured in a CMake GUI. This can be
skipped if NO_CMAKE_BUILDS_PATH is passed. It is intended for the case when a user
is building multiple dependent projects one after another.
6. Search paths stored in the CMake user package registry. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY is passed. On Windows a <package> may appear under
registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kitware\CMake\Packages\<package>
as a REG_SZ value, with arbitrary name, that specifies the directory containing the
package configuration file. On UNIX platforms a <package> may appear under the
directory
~/.cmake/packages/<package>
as a file, with arbitrary name, whose content specifies the directory containing
the package configuration file. See the export(PACKAGE) command to create user
package registry entries for project build trees.
7. Search cmake variables defined in the Platform files for the current system.
This can be skipped if NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH is passed.
CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_FRAMEWORK_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_APPBUNDLE_PATH
8. Search paths stored in the CMake system package registry. This can be skipped
if NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY is passed. On Windows a <package> may appear
under registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Kitware\CMake\Packages\<package>
as a REG_SZ value, with arbitrary name, that specifies the directory containing the
package configuration file. There is no system package registry on non-Windows
platforms.
9. Search paths specified by the PATHS option. These are typically hard-coded
guesses.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Frameworks, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find frameworks before standard
libraries or headers. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find frameworks after standard
libraries or headers.
"ONLY" - Only try to find frameworks.
"NEVER" - Never try to find frameworks.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Application Bundles, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_APPBUNDLE can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find application bundles before standard
programs. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find application bundles after standard
programs.
"ONLY" - Only try to find application bundles.
"NEVER" - Never try to find application bundles.
The CMake variable CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specifies one or more directories to be
prepended to all other search directories. This effectively "re-roots" the entire
search under given locations. By default it is empty. It is especially useful when
cross-compiling to point to the root directory of the target environment and CMake
will search there too. By default at first the directories listed in
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH and then the non-rooted directories will be searched. The
default behavior can be adjusted by setting CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE.
This behavior can be manually overridden on a per-call basis. By using
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH the search order will be as described above. If
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH will not be used. If
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then only the re-rooted directories will be
searched.
The default search order is designed to be most-specific to least-specific for
common use cases. Projects may override the order by simply calling the command
multiple times and using the NO_* options:
find_package(<package> PATHS paths... NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
find_package(<package>)
Once one of the calls succeeds the result variable will be set and stored in the
cache so that no call will search again.
Every non-REQUIRED find_package() call can be disabled by setting the variable
CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_<package> to TRUE. See the documentation for the
CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_<package> variable for more information.
When loading a find module or package configuration file find_package defines
variables to provide information about the call arguments (and restores their
original state before returning):
<package>_FIND_REQUIRED = true if REQUIRED option was given
<package>_FIND_QUIETLY = true if QUIET option was given
<package>_FIND_VERSION = full requested version string
<package>_FIND_VERSION_MAJOR = major version if requested, else 0
<package>_FIND_VERSION_MINOR = minor version if requested, else 0
<package>_FIND_VERSION_PATCH = patch version if requested, else 0
<package>_FIND_VERSION_TWEAK = tweak version if requested, else 0
<package>_FIND_VERSION_COUNT = number of version components, 0 to 4
<package>_FIND_VERSION_EXACT = true if EXACT option was given
<package>_FIND_COMPONENTS = list of requested components
<package>_FIND_REQUIRED_<c> = true if component <c> is required
false if component <c> is optional
In Module mode the loaded find module is responsible to honor the request detailed
by these variables; see the find module for details. In Config mode find_package
handles REQUIRED, QUIET, and version options automatically but leaves it to the
package configuration file to handle components in a way that makes sense for the
package. The package configuration file may set <package>_FOUND to false to tell
find_package that component requirements are not satisfied.
See the cmake_policy() command documentation for discussion of the NO_POLICY_SCOPE
option.
find_path
Find the directory containing a file.
find_path(<VAR> name1 [path1 path2 ...])
This is the short-hand signature for the command that is sufficient in many cases.
It is the same as find_path(<VAR> name1 [PATHS path1 path2 ...])
find_path(
<VAR>
name | NAMES name1 [name2 ...]
[HINTS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATHS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATH_SUFFIXES suffix1 [suffix2 ...]]
[DOC "cache documentation string"]
[NO_DEFAULT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_PATH]
[NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH]
[CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH |
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH |
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH]
)
This command is used to find a directory containing the named file. A cache entry
named by <VAR> is created to store the result of this command. If the file in a
directory is found the result is stored in the variable and the search will not be
repeated unless the variable is cleared. If nothing is found, the result will be
<VAR>-NOTFOUND, and the search will be attempted again the next time find_path is
invoked with the same variable. The name of the file in a directory that is
searched for is specified by the names listed after the NAMES argument.
Additional search locations can be specified after the PATHS argument. If ENV var
is found in the HINTS or PATHS section the environment variable var will be read
and converted from a system environment variable to a cmake style list of paths.
For example ENV PATH would be a way to list the system path variable. The argument
after DOC will be used for the documentation string in the cache. PATH_SUFFIXES
specifies additional subdirectories to check below each search path.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is specified, then no additional paths are added to the search.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is not specified, the search process is as follows:
1. Search paths specified in cmake-specific cache variables. These are intended to
be used on the command line with a -DVAR=value. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/include/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/include for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
2. Search paths specified in cmake-specific environment variables. These are
intended to be set in the user's shell configuration. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/include/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/include for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH
CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
3. Search the paths specified by the HINTS option. These should be paths computed
by system introspection, such as a hint provided by the location of another item
already found. Hard-coded guesses should be specified with the PATHS option.
4. Search the standard system environment variables. This can be skipped if
NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is an argument.
PATH
INCLUDE
5. Search cmake variables defined in the Platform files for the current system.
This can be skipped if NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/include/<arch> if CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE is set, and
<prefix>/include for each <prefix> in CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_FRAMEWORK_PATH
6. Search the paths specified by the PATHS option or in the short-hand version of
the command. These are typically hard-coded guesses.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Frameworks, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find frameworks before standard
libraries or headers. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find frameworks after standard
libraries or headers.
"ONLY" - Only try to find frameworks.
"NEVER" - Never try to find frameworks.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Application Bundles, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_APPBUNDLE can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find application bundles before standard
programs. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find application bundles after standard
programs.
"ONLY" - Only try to find application bundles.
"NEVER" - Never try to find application bundles.
The CMake variable CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specifies one or more directories to be
prepended to all other search directories. This effectively "re-roots" the entire
search under given locations. By default it is empty. It is especially useful when
cross-compiling to point to the root directory of the target environment and CMake
will search there too. By default at first the directories listed in
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH and then the non-rooted directories will be searched. The
default behavior can be adjusted by setting CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE.
This behavior can be manually overridden on a per-call basis. By using
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH the search order will be as described above. If
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH will not be used. If
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then only the re-rooted directories will be
searched.
The default search order is designed to be most-specific to least-specific for
common use cases. Projects may override the order by simply calling the command
multiple times and using the NO_* options:
find_path(<VAR> NAMES name PATHS paths... NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
find_path(<VAR> NAMES name)
Once one of the calls succeeds the result variable will be set and stored in the
cache so that no call will search again.
When searching for frameworks, if the file is specified as A/b.h, then the
framework search will look for A.framework/Headers/b.h. If that is found the path
will be set to the path to the framework. CMake will convert this to the correct -F
option to include the file.
find_program
Find an executable program.
find_program(<VAR> name1 [path1 path2 ...])
This is the short-hand signature for the command that is sufficient in many cases.
It is the same as find_program(<VAR> name1 [PATHS path1 path2 ...])
find_program(
<VAR>
name | NAMES name1 [name2 ...]
[HINTS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATHS path1 [path2 ... ENV var]]
[PATH_SUFFIXES suffix1 [suffix2 ...]]
[DOC "cache documentation string"]
[NO_DEFAULT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_PATH]
[NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH]
[NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH]
[CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH |
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH |
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH]
)
This command is used to find a program. A cache entry named by <VAR> is created to
store the result of this command. If the program is found the result is stored in
the variable and the search will not be repeated unless the variable is cleared.
If nothing is found, the result will be <VAR>-NOTFOUND, and the search will be
attempted again the next time find_program is invoked with the same variable. The
name of the program that is searched for is specified by the names listed after the
NAMES argument. Additional search locations can be specified after the PATHS
argument. If ENV var is found in the HINTS or PATHS section the environment
variable var will be read and converted from a system environment variable to a
cmake style list of paths. For example ENV PATH would be a way to list the system
path variable. The argument after DOC will be used for the documentation string in
the cache. PATH_SUFFIXES specifies additional subdirectories to check below each
search path.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is specified, then no additional paths are added to the search.
If NO_DEFAULT_PATH is not specified, the search process is as follows:
1. Search paths specified in cmake-specific cache variables. These are intended to
be used on the command line with a -DVAR=value. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/[s]bin for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH
CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
2. Search paths specified in cmake-specific environment variables. These are
intended to be set in the user's shell configuration. This can be skipped if
NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/[s]bin for each <prefix> in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH
CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
3. Search the paths specified by the HINTS option. These should be paths computed
by system introspection, such as a hint provided by the location of another item
already found. Hard-coded guesses should be specified with the PATHS option.
4. Search the standard system environment variables. This can be skipped if
NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH is an argument.
PATH
5. Search cmake variables defined in the Platform files for the current system.
This can be skipped if NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH is passed.
<prefix>/[s]bin for each <prefix> in CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROGRAM_PATH
CMAKE_SYSTEM_APPBUNDLE_PATH
6. Search the paths specified by the PATHS option or in the short-hand version of
the command. These are typically hard-coded guesses.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Frameworks, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find frameworks before standard
libraries or headers. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find frameworks after standard
libraries or headers.
"ONLY" - Only try to find frameworks.
"NEVER" - Never try to find frameworks.
On Darwin or systems supporting OS X Application Bundles, the cmake variable
CMAKE_FIND_APPBUNDLE can be set to empty or one of the following:
"FIRST" - Try to find application bundles before standard
programs. This is the default on Darwin.
"LAST" - Try to find application bundles after standard
programs.
"ONLY" - Only try to find application bundles.
"NEVER" - Never try to find application bundles.
The CMake variable CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specifies one or more directories to be
prepended to all other search directories. This effectively "re-roots" the entire
search under given locations. By default it is empty. It is especially useful when
cross-compiling to point to the root directory of the target environment and CMake
will search there too. By default at first the directories listed in
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH and then the non-rooted directories will be searched. The
default behavior can be adjusted by setting CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM.
This behavior can be manually overridden on a per-call basis. By using
CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH the search order will be as described above. If
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH will not be used. If
ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then only the re-rooted directories will be
searched.
The default search order is designed to be most-specific to least-specific for
common use cases. Projects may override the order by simply calling the command
multiple times and using the NO_* options:
find_program(<VAR> NAMES name PATHS paths... NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
find_program(<VAR> NAMES name)
Once one of the calls succeeds the result variable will be set and stored in the
cache so that no call will search again.
fltk_wrap_ui
Create FLTK user interfaces Wrappers.
fltk_wrap_ui(resultingLibraryName source1
source2 ... sourceN )
Produce .h and .cxx files for all the .fl and .fld files listed. The resulting .h
and .cxx files will be added to a variable named resultingLibraryName_FLTK_UI_SRCS
which should be added to your library.
foreach
Evaluate a group of commands for each value in a list.
foreach(loop_var arg1 arg2 ...)
COMMAND1(ARGS ...)
COMMAND2(ARGS ...)
...
endforeach(loop_var)
All commands between foreach and the matching endforeach are recorded without being
invoked. Once the endforeach is evaluated, the recorded list of commands is
invoked once for each argument listed in the original foreach command. Before each
iteration of the loop "${loop_var}" will be set as a variable with the current
value in the list.
foreach(loop_var RANGE total)
foreach(loop_var RANGE start stop [step])
Foreach can also iterate over a generated range of numbers. There are three types
of this iteration:
* When specifying single number, the range will have elements 0 to "total".
* When specifying two numbers, the range will have elements from the first number
to the second number.
* The third optional number is the increment used to iterate from the first number
to the second number.
foreach(loop_var IN [LISTS [list1 [...]]]
[ITEMS [item1 [...]]])
Iterates over a precise list of items. The LISTS option names list-valued
variables to be traversed, including empty elements (an empty string is a
zero-length list). The ITEMS option ends argument parsing and includes all
arguments following it in the iteration.
function
Start recording a function for later invocation as a command.
function(<name> [arg1 [arg2 [arg3 ...]]])
COMMAND1(ARGS ...)
COMMAND2(ARGS ...)
...
endfunction(<name>)
Define a function named <name> that takes arguments named arg1 arg2 arg3 (...).
Commands listed after function, but before the matching endfunction, are not
invoked until the function is invoked. When it is invoked, the commands recorded
in the function are first modified by replacing formal parameters (${arg1}) with
the arguments passed, and then invoked as normal commands. In addition to
referencing the formal parameters you can reference the variable ARGC which will be
set to the number of arguments passed into the function as well as ARGV0 ARGV1
ARGV2 ... which will have the actual values of the arguments passed in. This
facilitates creating functions with optional arguments. Additionally ARGV holds the
list of all arguments given to the function and ARGN holds the list of arguments
past the last expected argument.
A function opens a new scope: see set(var PARENT_SCOPE) for details.
See the cmake_policy() command documentation for the behavior of policies inside
functions.
get_cmake_property
Get a property of the CMake instance.
get_cmake_property(VAR property)
Get a property from the CMake instance. The value of the property is stored in the
variable VAR. If the property is not found, VAR will be set to "NOTFOUND". Some
supported properties include: VARIABLES, CACHE_VARIABLES, COMMANDS, MACROS, and
COMPONENTS.
See also the more general get_property() command.
get_directory_property
Get a property of DIRECTORY scope.
get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>] <prop-name>)
Store a property of directory scope in the named variable. If the property is not
defined the empty-string is returned. The DIRECTORY argument specifies another
directory from which to retrieve the property value. The specified directory must
have already been traversed by CMake.
get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>]
DEFINITION <var-name>)
Get a variable definition from a directory. This form is useful to get a variable
definition from another directory.
See also the more general get_property() command.
get_filename_component
Get a specific component of a full filename.
get_filename_component(<VAR> <FileName> <COMP> [CACHE])
Set <VAR> to a component of <FileName>, where <COMP> is one of:
DIRECTORY = Directory without file name
NAME = File name without directory
EXT = File name longest extension (.b.c from d/a.b.c)
NAME_WE = File name without directory or longest extension
ABSOLUTE = Full path to file
REALPATH = Full path to existing file with symlinks resolved
PATH = Legacy alias for DIRECTORY (use for CMake <= 2.8.11)
Paths are returned with forward slashes and have no trailing slahes. The longest
file extension is always considered. If the optional CACHE argument is specified,
the result variable is added to the cache.
get_filename_component(<VAR> FileName
PROGRAM [PROGRAM_ARGS <ARG_VAR>]
[CACHE])
The program in FileName will be found in the system search path or left as a full
path. If PROGRAM_ARGS is present with PROGRAM, then any command-line arguments
present in the FileName string are split from the program name and stored in
<ARG_VAR>. This is used to separate a program name from its arguments in a command
line string.
get_property
Get a property.
get_property(<variable>
<GLOBAL |
DIRECTORY [dir] |
TARGET <target> |
SOURCE <source> |
TEST <test> |
CACHE <entry> |
VARIABLE>
PROPERTY <name>
[SET | DEFINED | BRIEF_DOCS | FULL_DOCS])
Get one property from one object in a scope. The first argument specifies the
variable in which to store the result. The second argument determines the scope
from which to get the property. It must be one of the following:
GLOBAL scope is unique and does not accept a name.
DIRECTORY scope defaults to the current directory but another directory (already
processed by CMake) may be named by full or relative path.
TARGET scope must name one existing target.
SOURCE scope must name one source file.
TEST scope must name one existing test.
CACHE scope must name one cache entry.
VARIABLE scope is unique and does not accept a name.
The required PROPERTY option is immediately followed by the name of the property to
get. If the property is not set an empty value is returned. If the SET option is
given the variable is set to a boolean value indicating whether the property has
been set. If the DEFINED option is given the variable is set to a boolean value
indicating whether the property has been defined such as with define_property. If
BRIEF_DOCS or FULL_DOCS is given then the variable is set to a string containing
documentation for the requested property. If documentation is requested for a
property that has not been defined NOTFOUND is returned.
get_source_file_property
Get a property for a source file.
get_source_file_property(VAR file property)
Get a property from a source file. The value of the property is stored in the
variable VAR. If the property is not found, VAR will be set to "NOTFOUND". Use
set_source_files_properties to set property values. Source file properties usually
control how the file is built. One property that is always there is LOCATION
See also the more general get_property() command.
get_target_property
Get a property from a target.
get_target_property(VAR target property)
Get a property from a target. The value of the property is stored in the variable
VAR. If the property is not found, VAR will be set to "NOTFOUND". Use
set_target_properties to set property values. Properties are usually used to
control how a target is built, but some query the target instead. This command can
get properties for any target so far created. The targets do not need to be in the
current CMakeLists.txt file.
See also the more general get_property() command.
get_test_property
Get a property of the test.
get_test_property(test property VAR)
Get a property from the Test. The value of the property is stored in the variable
VAR. If the property is not found, VAR will be set to "NOTFOUND". For a list of
standard properties you can type cmake --help-property-list
See also the more general get_property() command.
if Conditionally execute a group of commands.
if(expression)
# then section.
COMMAND1(ARGS ...)
COMMAND2(ARGS ...)
...
elseif(expression2)
# elseif section.
COMMAND1(ARGS ...)
COMMAND2(ARGS ...)
...
else(expression)
# else section.
COMMAND1(ARGS ...)
COMMAND2(ARGS ...)
...
endif(expression)
Evaluates the given expression. If the result is true, the commands in the THEN
section are invoked. Otherwise, the commands in the else section are invoked. The
elseif and else sections are optional. You may have multiple elseif clauses. Note
that the expression in the else and endif clause is optional. Long expressions can
be used and there is a traditional order of precedence. Parenthetical expressions
are evaluated first followed by unary operators such as EXISTS, COMMAND, and
DEFINED. Then any EQUAL, LESS, GREATER, STRLESS, STRGREATER, STREQUAL, MATCHES will
be evaluated. Then NOT operators and finally AND, OR operators will be evaluated.
Possible expressions are:
if(<constant>)
True if the constant is 1, ON, YES, TRUE, Y, or a non-zero number. False if the
constant is 0, OFF, NO, FALSE, N, IGNORE, NOTFOUND, '', or ends in the suffix
'-NOTFOUND'. Named boolean constants are case-insensitive. If the argument is not
one of these constants, it is treated as a variable:
if(<variable>)
True if the variable is defined to a value that is not a false constant. False
otherwise. (Note macro arguments are not variables.)
if(NOT <expression>)
True if the expression is not true.
if(<expr1> AND <expr2>)
True if both expressions would be considered true individually.
if(<expr1> OR <expr2>)
True if either expression would be considered true individually.
if(COMMAND command-name)
True if the given name is a command, macro or function that can be invoked.
if(POLICY policy-id)
True if the given name is an existing policy (of the form CMP<NNNN>).
if(TARGET target-name)
True if the given name is an existing target, built or imported.
if(EXISTS file-name)
if(EXISTS directory-name)
True if the named file or directory exists. Behavior is well-defined only for full
paths.
if(file1 IS_NEWER_THAN file2)
True if file1 is newer than file2 or if one of the two files doesn't exist.
Behavior is well-defined only for full paths. If the file time stamps are exactly
the same, an IS_NEWER_THAN comparison returns true, so that any dependent build
operations will occur in the event of a tie. This includes the case of passing the
same file name for both file1 and file2.
if(IS_DIRECTORY directory-name)
True if the given name is a directory. Behavior is well-defined only for full
paths.
if(IS_SYMLINK file-name)
True if the given name is a symbolic link. Behavior is well-defined only for full
paths.
if(IS_ABSOLUTE path)
True if the given path is an absolute path.
if(<variable|string> MATCHES regex)
True if the given string or variable's value matches the given regular expression.
if(<variable|string> LESS <variable|string>)
if(<variable|string> GREATER <variable|string>)
if(<variable|string> EQUAL <variable|string>)
True if the given string or variable's value is a valid number and the inequality
or equality is true.
if(<variable|string> STRLESS <variable|string>)
if(<variable|string> STRGREATER <variable|string>)
if(<variable|string> STREQUAL <variable|string>)
True if the given string or variable's value is lexicographically less (or greater,
or equal) than the string or variable on the right.
if(<variable|string> VERSION_LESS <variable|string>)
if(<variable|string> VERSION_EQUAL <variable|string>)
if(<variable|string> VERSION_GREATER <variable|string>)
Component-wise integer version number comparison (version format is
major[.minor[.patch[.tweak]]]).
if(DEFINED <variable>)
True if the given variable is defined. It does not matter if the variable is true
or false just if it has been set.
if((expression) AND (expression OR (expression)))
The expressions inside the parenthesis are evaluated first and then the remaining
expression is evaluated as in the previous examples. Where there are nested
parenthesis the innermost are evaluated as part of evaluating the expression that
contains them.
The if command was written very early in CMake's history, predating the ${}
variable evaluation syntax, and for convenience evaluates variables named by its
arguments as shown in the above signatures. Note that normal variable evaluation
with ${} applies before the if command even receives the arguments. Therefore code
like
set(var1 OFF)
set(var2 "var1")
if(${var2})
appears to the if command as
if(var1)
and is evaluated according to the if(<variable>) case documented above. The result
is OFF which is false. However, if we remove the ${} from the example then the
command sees
if(var2)
which is true because var2 is defined to "var1" which is not a false constant.
Automatic evaluation applies in the other cases whenever the above-documented
signature accepts <variable|string>:
1) The left hand argument to MATCHES is first checked to see if it is a defined
variable, if so the variable's value is used, otherwise the original value is used.
2) If the left hand argument to MATCHES is missing it returns false without error
3) Both left and right hand arguments to LESS GREATER EQUAL are independently
tested to see if they are defined variables, if so their defined values are used
otherwise the original value is used.
4) Both left and right hand arguments to STRLESS STREQUAL STRGREATER are
independently tested to see if they are defined variables, if so their defined
values are used otherwise the original value is used.
5) Both left and right hand argumemnts to VERSION_LESS VERSION_EQUAL
VERSION_GREATER are independently tested to see if they are defined variables, if
so their defined values are used otherwise the original value is used.
6) The right hand argument to NOT is tested to see if it is a boolean constant, if
so the value is used, otherwise it is assumed to be a variable and it is
dereferenced.
7) The left and right hand arguments to AND OR are independently tested to see if
they are boolean constants, if so they are used as such, otherwise they are assumed
to be variables and are dereferenced.
include
Load and run CMake code from a file or module.
include(<file|module> [OPTIONAL] [RESULT_VARIABLE <VAR>]
[NO_POLICY_SCOPE])
Load and run CMake code from the file given. Variable reads and writes access the
scope of the caller (dynamic scoping). If OPTIONAL is present, then no error is
raised if the file does not exist. If RESULT_VARIABLE is given the variable will
be set to the full filename which has been included or NOTFOUND if it failed.
If a module is specified instead of a file, the file with name <modulename>.cmake
is searched first in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH, then in the CMake module directory. There
is one exception to this: if the file which calls include() is located itself in
the CMake module directory, then first the CMake module directory is searched and
CMAKE_MODULE_PATH afterwards. See also policy CMP0017.
See the cmake_policy() command documentation for discussion of the NO_POLICY_SCOPE
option.
include_directories
Add include directories to the build.
include_directories([AFTER|BEFORE] [SYSTEM] dir1 dir2 ...)
Add the given directories to those the compiler uses to search for include files.
Relative paths are interpreted as relative to the current source directory.
The include directories are added to the directory property INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES for
the current CMakeLists file. They are also added to the target property
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES for each target in the current CMakeLists file. The target
property values are the ones used by the generators.
By default the directories are appended onto the current list of directories. This
default behavior can be changed by setting CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_BEFORE to ON.
By using AFTER or BEFORE explicitly, you can select between appending and
prepending, independent of the default.
If the SYSTEM option is given, the compiler will be told the directories are meant
as system include directories on some platforms (signalling this setting might
achieve effects such as the compiler skipping warnings, or these fixed-install
system files not being considered in dependency calculations - see compiler docs).
include_external_msproject
Include an external Microsoft project file in a workspace.
include_external_msproject(projectname location
[TYPE projectTypeGUID]
[GUID projectGUID]
[PLATFORM platformName]
dep1 dep2 ...)
Includes an external Microsoft project in the generated workspace file. Currently
does nothing on UNIX. This will create a target named [projectname]. This can be
used in the add_dependencies command to make things depend on the external project.
TYPE, GUID and PLATFORM are optional parameters that allow one to specify the type
of project, id (GUID) of the project and the name of the target platform. This is
useful for projects requiring values other than the default (e.g. WIX projects).
These options are not supported by the Visual Studio 6 generator.
include_regular_expression
Set the regular expression used for dependency checking.
include_regular_expression(regex_match [regex_complain])
Set the regular expressions used in dependency checking. Only files matching
regex_match will be traced as dependencies. Only files matching regex_complain
will generate warnings if they cannot be found (standard header paths are not
searched). The defaults are:
regex_match = "^.*$" (match everything)
regex_complain = "^$" (match empty string only)
install
Specify rules to run at install time.
This command generates installation rules for a project. Rules specified by calls
to this command within a source directory are executed in order during
installation. The order across directories is not defined.
There are multiple signatures for this command. Some of them define installation
properties for files and targets. Properties common to multiple signatures are
covered here but they are valid only for signatures that specify them.
DESTINATION arguments specify the directory on disk to which a file will be
installed. If a full path (with a leading slash or drive letter) is given it is
used directly. If a relative path is given it is interpreted relative to the value
of CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. The prefix can be relocated at install time using DESTDIR
mechanism explained in the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable documentation.
PERMISSIONS arguments specify permissions for installed files. Valid permissions
are OWNER_READ, OWNER_WRITE, OWNER_EXECUTE, GROUP_READ, GROUP_WRITE, GROUP_EXECUTE,
WORLD_READ, WORLD_WRITE, WORLD_EXECUTE, SETUID, and SETGID. Permissions that do
not make sense on certain platforms are ignored on those platforms.
The CONFIGURATIONS argument specifies a list of build configurations for which the
install rule applies (Debug, Release, etc.).
The COMPONENT argument specifies an installation component name with which the
install rule is associated, such as "runtime" or "development". During
component-specific installation only install rules associated with the given
component name will be executed. During a full installation all components are
installed. If COMPONENT is not provided a default component "Unspecified" is
created. The default component name may be controlled with the
CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME variable.
The RENAME argument specifies a name for an installed file that may be different
from the original file. Renaming is allowed only when a single file is installed
by the command.
The OPTIONAL argument specifies that it is not an error if the file to be installed
does not exist.
The TARGETS signature:
install(TARGETS targets... [EXPORT <export-name>]
[[ARCHIVE|LIBRARY|RUNTIME|FRAMEWORK|BUNDLE|
PRIVATE_HEADER|PUBLIC_HEADER|RESOURCE]
[DESTINATION <dir>]
[INCLUDES DESTINATION [<dir> ...]]
[PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]]
[COMPONENT <component>]
[OPTIONAL] [NAMELINK_ONLY|NAMELINK_SKIP]
] [...])
The TARGETS form specifies rules for installing targets from a project. There are
five kinds of target files that may be installed: ARCHIVE, LIBRARY, RUNTIME,
FRAMEWORK, and BUNDLE. Executables are treated as RUNTIME targets, except that
those marked with the MACOSX_BUNDLE property are treated as BUNDLE targets on OS X.
Static libraries are always treated as ARCHIVE targets. Module libraries are always
treated as LIBRARY targets. For non-DLL platforms shared libraries are treated as
LIBRARY targets, except that those marked with the FRAMEWORK property are treated
as FRAMEWORK targets on OS X. For DLL platforms the DLL part of a shared library
is treated as a RUNTIME target and the corresponding import library is treated as
an ARCHIVE target. All Windows-based systems including Cygwin are DLL platforms.
The ARCHIVE, LIBRARY, RUNTIME, and FRAMEWORK arguments change the type of target to
which the subsequent properties apply. If none is given the installation
properties apply to all target types. If only one is given then only targets of
that type will be installed (which can be used to install just a DLL or just an
import library).The INCLUDES DESTINATION specifies a list of directories which will
be added to the INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES of the <targets> when exported by
install(EXPORT). If a relative path is specified, it is treated as relative to the
$<INSTALL_PREFIX>.
The PRIVATE_HEADER, PUBLIC_HEADER, and RESOURCE arguments cause subsequent
properties to be applied to installing a FRAMEWORK shared library target's
associated files on non-Apple platforms. Rules defined by these arguments are
ignored on Apple platforms because the associated files are installed into the
appropriate locations inside the framework folder. See documentation of the
PRIVATE_HEADER, PUBLIC_HEADER, and RESOURCE target properties for details.
Either NAMELINK_ONLY or NAMELINK_SKIP may be specified as a LIBRARY option. On
some platforms a versioned shared library has a symbolic link such as
lib<name>.so -> lib<name>.so.1
where "lib<name>.so.1" is the soname of the library and "lib<name>.so" is a
"namelink" allowing linkers to find the library when given "-l<name>". The
NAMELINK_ONLY option causes installation of only the namelink when a library target
is installed. The NAMELINK_SKIP option causes installation of library files other
than the namelink when a library target is installed. When neither option is given
both portions are installed. On platforms where versioned shared libraries do not
have namelinks or when a library is not versioned the NAMELINK_SKIP option installs
the library and the NAMELINK_ONLY option installs nothing. See the VERSION and
SOVERSION target properties for details on creating versioned shared libraries.
One or more groups of properties may be specified in a single call to the TARGETS
form of this command. A target may be installed more than once to different
locations. Consider hypothetical targets "myExe", "mySharedLib", and
"myStaticLib". The code
install(TARGETS myExe mySharedLib myStaticLib
RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib/static)
install(TARGETS mySharedLib DESTINATION /some/full/path)
will install myExe to <prefix>/bin and myStaticLib to <prefix>/lib/static. On
non-DLL platforms mySharedLib will be installed to <prefix>/lib and
/some/full/path. On DLL platforms the mySharedLib DLL will be installed to
<prefix>/bin and /some/full/path and its import library will be installed to
<prefix>/lib/static and /some/full/path.
The EXPORT option associates the installed target files with an export called
<export-name>. It must appear before any RUNTIME, LIBRARY, or ARCHIVE options. To
actually install the export file itself, call install(EXPORT). See documentation
of the install(EXPORT ...) signature below for details.
Installing a target with EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL set to true has undefined behavior.
The FILES signature:
install(FILES files... DESTINATION <dir>
[PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]]
[COMPONENT <component>]
[RENAME <name>] [OPTIONAL])
The FILES form specifies rules for installing files for a project. File names
given as relative paths are interpreted with respect to the current source
directory. Files installed by this form are by default given permissions
OWNER_WRITE, OWNER_READ, GROUP_READ, and WORLD_READ if no PERMISSIONS argument is
given.
The PROGRAMS signature:
install(PROGRAMS files... DESTINATION <dir>
[PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]]
[COMPONENT <component>]
[RENAME <name>] [OPTIONAL])
The PROGRAMS form is identical to the FILES form except that the default
permissions for the installed file also include OWNER_EXECUTE, GROUP_EXECUTE, and
WORLD_EXECUTE. This form is intended to install programs that are not targets,
such as shell scripts. Use the TARGETS form to install targets built within the
project.
The DIRECTORY signature:
install(DIRECTORY dirs... DESTINATION <dir>
[FILE_PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS] [OPTIONAL]
[CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]]
[COMPONENT <component>] [FILES_MATCHING]
[[PATTERN <pattern> | REGEX <regex>]
[EXCLUDE] [PERMISSIONS permissions...]] [...])
The DIRECTORY form installs contents of one or more directories to a given
destination. The directory structure is copied verbatim to the destination. The
last component of each directory name is appended to the destination directory but
a trailing slash may be used to avoid this because it leaves the last component
empty. Directory names given as relative paths are interpreted with respect to the
current source directory. If no input directory names are given the destination
directory will be created but nothing will be installed into it. The
FILE_PERMISSIONS and DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS options specify permissions given to
files and directories in the destination. If USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS is specified
and FILE_PERMISSIONS is not, file permissions will be copied from the source
directory structure. If no permissions are specified files will be given the
default permissions specified in the FILES form of the command, and the directories
will be given the default permissions specified in the PROGRAMS form of the
command.
Installation of directories may be controlled with fine granularity using the
PATTERN or REGEX options. These "match" options specify a globbing pattern or
regular expression to match directories or files encountered within input
directories. They may be used to apply certain options (see below) to a subset of
the files and directories encountered. The full path to each input file or
directory (with forward slashes) is matched against the expression. A PATTERN will
match only complete file names: the portion of the full path matching the pattern
must occur at the end of the file name and be preceded by a slash. A REGEX will
match any portion of the full path but it may use '/' and '$' to simulate the
PATTERN behavior. By default all files and directories are installed whether or
not they are matched. The FILES_MATCHING option may be given before the first
match option to disable installation of files (but not directories) not matched by
any expression. For example, the code
install(DIRECTORY src/ DESTINATION include/myproj
FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
will extract and install header files from a source tree.
Some options may follow a PATTERN or REGEX expression and are applied only to files
or directories matching them. The EXCLUDE option will skip the matched file or
directory. The PERMISSIONS option overrides the permissions setting for the
matched file or directory. For example the code
install(DIRECTORY icons scripts/ DESTINATION share/myproj
PATTERN "CVS" EXCLUDE
PATTERN "scripts/*"
PERMISSIONS OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ
GROUP_EXECUTE GROUP_READ)
will install the icons directory to share/myproj/icons and the scripts directory to
share/myproj. The icons will get default file permissions, the scripts will be
given specific permissions, and any CVS directories will be excluded.
The SCRIPT and CODE signature:
install([[SCRIPT <file>] [CODE <code>]] [...])
The SCRIPT form will invoke the given CMake script files during installation. If
the script file name is a relative path it will be interpreted with respect to the
current source directory. The CODE form will invoke the given CMake code during
installation. Code is specified as a single argument inside a double-quoted
string. For example, the code
install(CODE "MESSAGE(\"Sample install message.\")")
will print a message during installation.
The EXPORT signature:
install(EXPORT <export-name> DESTINATION <dir>
[NAMESPACE <namespace>] [FILE <name>.cmake]
[PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]]
[EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES]
[COMPONENT <component>])
The EXPORT form generates and installs a CMake file containing code to import
targets from the installation tree into another project. Target installations are
associated with the export <export-name> using the EXPORT option of the
install(TARGETS ...) signature documented above. The NAMESPACE option will prepend
<namespace> to the target names as they are written to the import file. By default
the generated file will be called <export-name>.cmake but the FILE option may be
used to specify a different name. The value given to the FILE option must be a
file name with the ".cmake" extension. If a CONFIGURATIONS option is given then
the file will only be installed when one of the named configurations is installed.
Additionally, the generated import file will reference only the matching target
configurations. The EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES keyword, if present, causes
the contents of the properties matching
(IMPORTED_)?LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES(_<CONFIG>)? to be exported, when policy
CMP0022 is NEW. If a COMPONENT option is specified that does not match that given
to the targets associated with <export-name> the behavior is undefined. If a
library target is included in the export but a target to which it links is not
included the behavior is unspecified.
The EXPORT form is useful to help outside projects use targets built and installed
by the current project. For example, the code
install(TARGETS myexe EXPORT myproj DESTINATION bin)
install(EXPORT myproj NAMESPACE mp_ DESTINATION lib/myproj)
will install the executable myexe to <prefix>/bin and code to import it in the file
"<prefix>/lib/myproj/myproj.cmake". An outside project may load this file with the
include command and reference the myexe executable from the installation tree using
the imported target name mp_myexe as if the target were built in its own tree.
NOTE: This command supercedes the INSTALL_TARGETS command and the target properties
PRE_INSTALL_SCRIPT and POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT. It also replaces the FILES forms of
the INSTALL_FILES and INSTALL_PROGRAMS commands. The processing order of these
install rules relative to those generated by INSTALL_TARGETS, INSTALL_FILES, and
INSTALL_PROGRAMS commands is not defined.
link_directories
Specify directories in which the linker will look for libraries.
link_directories(directory1 directory2 ...)
Specify the paths in which the linker should search for libraries. The command will
apply only to targets created after it is called. Relative paths given to this
command are interpreted as relative to the current source directory, see CMP0015.
Note that this command is rarely necessary. Library locations returned by
find_package() and find_library() are absolute paths. Pass these absolute library
file paths directly to the target_link_libraries() command. CMake will ensure the
linker finds them.
list List operations.
list(LENGTH <list> <output variable>)
list(GET <list> <element index> [<element index> ...]
<output variable>)
list(APPEND <list> <element> [<element> ...])
list(FIND <list> <value> <output variable>)
list(INSERT <list> <element_index> <element> [<element> ...])
list(REMOVE_ITEM <list> <value> [<value> ...])
list(REMOVE_AT <list> <index> [<index> ...])
list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES <list>)
list(REVERSE <list>)
list(SORT <list>)
LENGTH will return a given list's length.
GET will return list of elements specified by indices from the list.
APPEND will append elements to the list.
FIND will return the index of the element specified in the list or -1 if it wasn't
found.
INSERT will insert elements to the list to the specified location.
REMOVE_AT and REMOVE_ITEM will remove items from the list. The difference is that
REMOVE_ITEM will remove the given items, while REMOVE_AT will remove the items at
the given indices.
REMOVE_DUPLICATES will remove duplicated items in the list.
REVERSE reverses the contents of the list in-place.
SORT sorts the list in-place alphabetically.
The list subcommands APPEND, INSERT, REMOVE_AT, REMOVE_ITEM, REMOVE_DUPLICATES,
REVERSE and SORT may create new values for the list within the current CMake
variable scope. Similar to the SET command, the LIST command creates new variable
values in the current scope, even if the list itself is actually defined in a
parent scope. To propagate the results of these operations upwards, use SET with
PARENT_SCOPE, SET with CACHE INTERNAL, or some other means of value propagation.
NOTES: A list in cmake is a ; separated group of strings. To create a list the set
command can be used. For example, set(var a b c d e) creates a list with
a;b;c;d;e, and set(var "a b c d e") creates a string or a list with one item in it.
When specifying index values, if <element index> is 0 or greater, it is indexed
from the beginning of the list, with 0 representing the first list element. If
<element index> is -1 or lesser, it is indexed from the end of the list, with -1
representing the last list element. Be careful when counting with negative indices:
they do not start from 0. -0 is equivalent to 0, the first list element.
load_cache
Load in the values from another project's CMake cache.
load_cache(pathToCacheFile READ_WITH_PREFIX
prefix entry1...)
Read the cache and store the requested entries in variables with their name
prefixed with the given prefix. This only reads the values, and does not create
entries in the local project's cache.
load_cache(pathToCacheFile [EXCLUDE entry1...]
[INCLUDE_INTERNALS entry1...])
Load in the values from another cache and store them in the local project's cache
as internal entries. This is useful for a project that depends on another project
built in a different tree. EXCLUDE option can be used to provide a list of entries
to be excluded. INCLUDE_INTERNALS can be used to provide a list of internal
entries to be included. Normally, no internal entries are brought in. Use of this
form of the command is strongly discouraged, but it is provided for backward
compatibility.
load_command
Load a command into a running CMake.
load_command(COMMAND_NAME <loc1> [loc2 ...])
The given locations are searched for a library whose name is cmCOMMAND_NAME. If
found, it is loaded as a module and the command is added to the set of available
CMake commands. Usually, TRY_COMPILE is used before this command to compile the
module. If the command is successfully loaded a variable named
CMAKE_LOADED_COMMAND_<COMMAND_NAME>
will be set to the full path of the module that was loaded. Otherwise the variable
will not be set.
macro Start recording a macro for later invocation as a command.
macro(<name> [arg1 [arg2 [arg3 ...]]])
COMMAND1(ARGS ...)
COMMAND2(ARGS ...)
...
endmacro(<name>)
Define a macro named <name> that takes arguments named arg1 arg2 arg3 (...).
Commands listed after macro, but before the matching endmacro, are not invoked
until the macro is invoked. When it is invoked, the commands recorded in the macro
are first modified by replacing formal parameters (${arg1}) with the arguments
passed, and then invoked as normal commands. In addition to referencing the formal
parameters you can reference the values ${ARGC} which will be set to the number of
arguments passed into the function as well as ${ARGV0} ${ARGV1} ${ARGV2} ... which
will have the actual values of the arguments passed in. This facilitates creating
macros with optional arguments. Additionally ${ARGV} holds the list of all
arguments given to the macro and ${ARGN} holds the list of arguments past the last
expected argument. Note that the parameters to a macro and values such as ARGN are
not variables in the usual CMake sense. They are string replacements much like the
C preprocessor would do with a macro. If you want true CMake variables and/or
better CMake scope control you should look at the function command.
See the cmake_policy() command documentation for the behavior of policies inside
macros.
mark_as_advanced
Mark cmake cached variables as advanced.
mark_as_advanced([CLEAR|FORCE] VAR VAR2 VAR...)
Mark the named cached variables as advanced. An advanced variable will not be
displayed in any of the cmake GUIs unless the show advanced option is on. If CLEAR
is the first argument advanced variables are changed back to unadvanced. If FORCE
is the first argument, then the variable is made advanced. If neither FORCE nor
CLEAR is specified, new values will be marked as advanced, but if the variable
already has an advanced/non-advanced state, it will not be changed.
It does nothing in script mode.
math Mathematical expressions.
math(EXPR <output variable> <math expression>)
EXPR evaluates mathematical expression and returns result in the output variable.
Example mathematical expression is '5 * ( 10 + 13 )'. Supported operators are + -
* / % | & ^ ~ << >> * / %. They have the same meaning as they do in C code.
message
Display a message to the user.
message([STATUS|WARNING|AUTHOR_WARNING|FATAL_ERROR|SEND_ERROR]
"message to display" ...)
The optional keyword determines the type of message:
(none) = Important information
STATUS = Incidental information
WARNING = CMake Warning, continue processing
AUTHOR_WARNING = CMake Warning (dev), continue processing
SEND_ERROR = CMake Error, continue processing,
but skip generation
FATAL_ERROR = CMake Error, stop processing and generation
The CMake command-line tool displays STATUS messages on stdout and all other
message types on stderr. The CMake GUI displays all messages in its log area. The
interactive dialogs (ccmake and CMakeSetup) show STATUS messages one at a time on a
status line and other messages in interactive pop-up boxes.
CMake Warning and Error message text displays using a simple markup language.
Non-indented text is formatted in line-wrapped paragraphs delimited by newlines.
Indented text is considered pre-formatted.
option Provides an option that the user can optionally select.
option(<option_variable> "help string describing option"
[initial value])
Provide an option for the user to select as ON or OFF. If no initial value is
provided, OFF is used.
If you have options that depend on the values of other options, see the module help
for CMakeDependentOption.
project
Set a name for the entire project.
project(<projectname> [languageName1 languageName2 ... ] )
Sets the name of the project. Additionally this sets the variables
<projectName>_BINARY_DIR and <projectName>_SOURCE_DIR to the respective values.
Optionally you can specify which languages your project supports. Example
languages are CXX (i.e. C++), C, Fortran, etc. By default C and CXX are enabled.
E.g. if you do not have a C++ compiler, you can disable the check for it by
explicitly listing the languages you want to support, e.g. C. By using the special
language "NONE" all checks for any language can be disabled. If a variable exists
called CMAKE_PROJECT_<projectName>_INCLUDE, the file pointed to by that variable
will be included as the last step of the project command.
The top-level CMakeLists.txt file for a project must contain a literal, direct call
to the project() command; loading one through the include() command is not
sufficient. If no such call exists CMake will implicitly add one to the top that
enables the default languages (C and CXX).
qt_wrap_cpp
Create Qt Wrappers.
qt_wrap_cpp(resultingLibraryName DestName
SourceLists ...)
Produce moc files for all the .h files listed in the SourceLists. The moc files
will be added to the library using the DestName source list.
qt_wrap_ui
Create Qt user interfaces Wrappers.
qt_wrap_ui(resultingLibraryName HeadersDestName
SourcesDestName SourceLists ...)
Produce .h and .cxx files for all the .ui files listed in the SourceLists. The .h
files will be added to the library using the HeadersDestNamesource list. The .cxx
files will be added to the library using the SourcesDestNamesource list.
remove_definitions
Removes -D define flags added by add_definitions.
remove_definitions(-DFOO -DBAR ...)
Removes flags (added by add_definitions) from the compiler command line for sources
in the current directory and below.
return Return from a file, directory or function.
return()
Returns from a file, directory or function. When this command is encountered in an
included file (via include() or find_package()), it causes processing of the
current file to stop and control is returned to the including file. If it is
encountered in a file which is not included by another file, e.g. a CMakeLists.txt,
control is returned to the parent directory if there is one. If return is called in
a function, control is returned to the caller of the function. Note that a macro is
not a function and does not handle return like a function does.
separate_arguments
Parse space-separated arguments into a semicolon-separated list.
separate_arguments(<var> <UNIX|WINDOWS>_COMMAND "<args>")
Parses a unix- or windows-style command-line string "<args>" and stores a
semicolon-separated list of the arguments in <var>. The entire command line must
be given in one "<args>" argument.
The UNIX_COMMAND mode separates arguments by unquoted whitespace. It recognizes
both single-quote and double-quote pairs. A backslash escapes the next literal
character (\" is "); there are no special escapes (\n is just n).
The WINDOWS_COMMAND mode parses a windows command-line using the same syntax the
runtime library uses to construct argv at startup. It separates arguments by
whitespace that is not double-quoted. Backslashes are literal unless they precede
double-quotes. See the MSDN article "Parsing C Command-Line Arguments" for
details.
separate_arguments(VARIABLE)
Convert the value of VARIABLE to a semi-colon separated list. All spaces are
replaced with ';'. This helps with generating command lines.
set Set a CMake, cache or environment variable to a given value.
set(<variable> <value>
[[CACHE <type> <docstring> [FORCE]] | PARENT_SCOPE])
Within CMake sets <variable> to the value <value>. <value> is expanded before
<variable> is set to it. Normally, set will set a regular CMake variable. If CACHE
is present, then the <variable> is put in the cache instead, unless it is already
in the cache. See section 'Variable types in CMake' below for details of regular
and cache variables and their interactions. If CACHE is used, <type> and
<docstring> are required. <type> is used by the CMake GUI to choose a widget with
which the user sets a value. The value for <type> may be one of
FILEPATH = File chooser dialog.
PATH = Directory chooser dialog.
STRING = Arbitrary string.
BOOL = Boolean ON/OFF checkbox.
INTERNAL = No GUI entry (used for persistent variables).
If <type> is INTERNAL, the cache variable is marked as internal, and will not be
shown to the user in tools like cmake-gui. This is intended for values that should
be persisted in the cache, but which users should not normally change. INTERNAL
implies FORCE.
Normally, set(...CACHE...) creates cache variables, but does not modify them. If
FORCE is specified, the value of the cache variable is set, even if the variable is
already in the cache. This should normally be avoided, as it will remove any
changes to the cache variable's value by the user.
If PARENT_SCOPE is present, the variable will be set in the scope above the current
scope. Each new directory or function creates a new scope. This command will set
the value of a variable into the parent directory or calling function (whichever is
applicable to the case at hand). PARENT_SCOPE cannot be combined with CACHE.
If <value> is not specified then the variable is removed instead of set. See also:
the unset() command.
set(<variable> <value1> ... <valueN>)
In this case <variable> is set to a semicolon separated list of values.
<variable> can be an environment variable such as:
set( ENV{PATH} /home/martink )
in which case the environment variable will be set.
*** Variable types in CMake ***
In CMake there are two types of variables: normal variables and cache variables.
Normal variables are meant for the internal use of the script (just like variables
in most programming languages); they are not persisted across CMake runs. Cache
variables (unless set with INTERNAL) are mostly intended for configuration settings
where the first CMake run determines a suitable default value, which the user can
then override, by editing the cache with tools such as ccmake or cmake-gui. Cache
variables are stored in the CMake cache file, and are persisted across CMake runs.
Both types can exist at the same time with the same name but different values. When
${FOO} is evaluated, CMake first looks for a normal variable 'FOO' in scope and
uses it if set. If and only if no normal variable exists then it falls back to the
cache variable 'FOO'.
Some examples:
The code 'set(FOO "x")' sets the normal variable 'FOO'. It does not touch the
cache, but it will hide any existing cache value 'FOO'.
The code 'set(FOO "x" CACHE ...)' checks for 'FOO' in the cache, ignoring any
normal variable of the same name. If 'FOO' is in the cache then nothing happens to
either the normal variable or the cache variable. If 'FOO' is not in the cache,
then it is added to the cache.
Finally, whenever a cache variable is added or modified by a command, CMake also
*removes* the normal variable of the same name from the current scope so that an
immediately following evaluation of it will expose the newly cached value.
Normally projects should avoid using normal and cache variables of the same name,
as this interaction can be hard to follow. However, in some situations it can be
useful. One example (used by some projects):
A project has a subproject in its source tree. The child project has its own
CMakeLists.txt, which is included from the parent CMakeLists.txt using
add_subdirectory(). Now, if the parent and the child project provide the same
option (for example a compiler option), the parent gets the first chance to add a
user-editable option to the cache. Normally, the child would then use the same
value that the parent uses. However, it may be necessary to hard-code the value for
the child project's option while still allowing the user to edit the value used by
the parent project. The parent project can achieve this simply by setting a normal
variable with the same name as the option in a scope sufficient to hide the
option's cache variable from the child completely. The parent has already set the
cache variable, so the child's set(...CACHE...) will do nothing, and evaluating
the option variable will use the value from the normal variable, which hides the
cache variable.
set_directory_properties
Set a property of the directory.
set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES prop1 value1 prop2 value2)
Set a property for the current directory and subdirectories. If the property is not
found, CMake will report an error. The properties include: INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES,
LINK_DIRECTORIES, INCLUDE_REGULAR_EXPRESSION, and ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES.
ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES is a list of files that will be cleaned as a part of
"make clean" stage.
set_property
Set a named property in a given scope.
set_property(<GLOBAL |
DIRECTORY [dir] |
TARGET [target1 [target2 ...]] |
SOURCE [src1 [src2 ...]] |
TEST [test1 [test2 ...]] |
CACHE [entry1 [entry2 ...]]>
[APPEND] [APPEND_STRING]
PROPERTY <name> [value1 [value2 ...]])
Set one property on zero or more objects of a scope. The first argument determines
the scope in which the property is set. It must be one of the following:
GLOBAL scope is unique and does not accept a name.
DIRECTORY scope defaults to the current directory but another directory (already
processed by CMake) may be named by full or relative path.
TARGET scope may name zero or more existing targets.
SOURCE scope may name zero or more source files. Note that source file properties
are visible only to targets added in the same directory (CMakeLists.txt).
TEST scope may name zero or more existing tests.
CACHE scope must name zero or more cache existing entries.
The required PROPERTY option is immediately followed by the name of the property to
set. Remaining arguments are used to compose the property value in the form of a
semicolon-separated list. If the APPEND option is given the list is appended to
any existing property value.If the APPEND_STRING option is given the string is
append to any existing property value as string, i.e. it results in a longer string
and not a list of strings.
set_source_files_properties
Source files can have properties that affect how they are built.
set_source_files_properties([file1 [file2 [...]]]
PROPERTIES prop1 value1
[prop2 value2 [...]])
Set properties associated with source files using a key/value paired list. See
properties documentation for those known to CMake. Unrecognized properties are
ignored. Source file properties are visible only to targets added in the same
directory (CMakeLists.txt).
set_target_properties
Targets can have properties that affect how they are built.
set_target_properties(target1 target2 ...
PROPERTIES prop1 value1
prop2 value2 ...)
Set properties on a target. The syntax for the command is to list all the files you
want to change, and then provide the values you want to set next. You can use any
prop value pair you want and extract it later with the GET_TARGET_PROPERTY command.
Properties that affect the name of a target's output file are as follows. The
PREFIX and SUFFIX properties override the default target name prefix (such as
"lib") and suffix (such as ".so"). IMPORT_PREFIX and IMPORT_SUFFIX are the
equivalent properties for the import library corresponding to a DLL (for SHARED
library targets). OUTPUT_NAME sets the real name of a target when it is built and
can be used to help create two targets of the same name even though CMake requires
unique logical target names. There is also a <CONFIG>_OUTPUT_NAME that can set the
output name on a per-configuration basis. <CONFIG>_POSTFIX sets a postfix for the
real name of the target when it is built under the configuration named by <CONFIG>
(in upper-case, such as "DEBUG_POSTFIX"). The value of this property is
initialized when the target is created to the value of the variable
CMAKE_<CONFIG>_POSTFIX (except for executable targets because earlier CMake
versions which did not use this variable for executables).
The LINK_FLAGS property can be used to add extra flags to the link step of a
target. LINK_FLAGS_<CONFIG> will add to the configuration <CONFIG>, for example,
DEBUG, RELEASE, MINSIZEREL, RELWITHDEBINFO. DEFINE_SYMBOL sets the name of the
preprocessor symbol defined when compiling sources in a shared library. If not set
here then it is set to target_EXPORTS by default (with some substitutions if the
target is not a valid C identifier). This is useful for headers to know whether
they are being included from inside their library or outside to properly setup
dllexport/dllimport decorations. The COMPILE_FLAGS property sets additional
compiler flags used to build sources within the target. It may also be used to
pass additional preprocessor definitions.
The LINKER_LANGUAGE property is used to change the tool used to link an executable
or shared library. The default is set the language to match the files in the
library. CXX and C are common values for this property.
For shared libraries VERSION and SOVERSION can be used to specify the build version
and API version respectively. When building or installing appropriate symlinks are
created if the platform supports symlinks and the linker supports so-names. If only
one of both is specified the missing is assumed to have the same version number.
For executables VERSION can be used to specify the build version. When building or
installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform supports symlinks. For
shared libraries and executables on Windows the VERSION attribute is parsed to
extract a "major.minor" version number. These numbers are used as the image version
of the binary.
There are a few properties used to specify RPATH rules. INSTALL_RPATH is a
semicolon-separated list specifying the rpath to use in installed targets (for
platforms that support it). INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH is a boolean that if set to
true will append directories in the linker search path and outside the project to
the INSTALL_RPATH. SKIP_BUILD_RPATH is a boolean specifying whether to skip
automatic generation of an rpath allowing the target to run from the build tree.
BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH is a boolean specifying whether to link the target in the
build tree with the INSTALL_RPATH. This takes precedence over SKIP_BUILD_RPATH and
avoids the need for relinking before installation. INSTALL_NAME_DIR is a string
specifying the directory portion of the "install_name" field of shared libraries on
Mac OSX to use in the installed targets. When the target is created the values of
the variables CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH, CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH,
CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH, CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH, and CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR
are used to initialize these properties.
PROJECT_LABEL can be used to change the name of the target in an IDE like visual
studio. VS_KEYWORD can be set to change the visual studio keyword, for example Qt
integration works better if this is set to Qt4VSv1.0.
VS_SCC_PROJECTNAME, VS_SCC_LOCALPATH, VS_SCC_PROVIDER and VS_SCC_AUXPATH can be set
to add support for source control bindings in a Visual Studio project file.
VS_GLOBAL_<variable> can be set to add a Visual Studio project-specific global
variable. Qt integration works better if VS_GLOBAL_QtVersion is set to the Qt
version FindQt4.cmake found. For example, "4.7.3"
The PRE_INSTALL_SCRIPT and POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT properties are the old way to
specify CMake scripts to run before and after installing a target. They are used
only when the old INSTALL_TARGETS command is used to install the target. Use the
INSTALL command instead.
The EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD property is used by the visual studio generators.
If it is set to 1 the target will not be part of the default build when you select
"Build Solution". This can also be set on a per-configuration basis using
EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD_<CONFIG>.
set_tests_properties
Set a property of the tests.
set_tests_properties(test1 [test2...] PROPERTIES prop1 value1 prop2 value2)
Set a property for the tests. If the property is not found, CMake will report an
error. The properties include:
WILL_FAIL: If set to true, this will invert the pass/fail flag of the test.
PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION: If set, the test output will be checked against the
specified regular expressions and at least one of the regular expressions has to
match, otherwise the test will fail.
Example: PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "TestPassed;All ok"
FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION: If set, if the output will match to one of specified
regular expressions, the test will fail.
Example: PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "[^a-z]Error;ERROR;Failed"
Both PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION and FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION expect a list of regular
expressions.
TIMEOUT: Setting this will limit the test runtime to the number of seconds
specified.
site_name
Set the given variable to the name of the computer.
site_name(variable)
source_group
Define a grouping for sources in the makefile.
source_group(name [REGULAR_EXPRESSION regex] [FILES src1 src2 ...])
Defines a group into which sources will be placed in project files. This is mainly
used to setup file tabs in Visual Studio. Any file whose name is listed or matches
the regular expression will be placed in this group. If a file matches multiple
groups, the LAST group that explicitly lists the file will be favored, if any. If
no group explicitly lists the file, the LAST group whose regular expression matches
the file will be favored.
The name of the group may contain backslashes to specify subgroups:
source_group(outer\\inner ...)
For backwards compatibility, this command also supports the format:
source_group(name regex)
string String operations.
string(REGEX MATCH <regular_expression>
<output variable> <input> [<input>...])
string(REGEX MATCHALL <regular_expression>
<output variable> <input> [<input>...])
string(REGEX REPLACE <regular_expression>
<replace_expression> <output variable>
<input> [<input>...])
string(REPLACE <match_string>
<replace_string> <output variable>
<input> [<input>...])
string(<MD5|SHA1|SHA224|SHA256|SHA384|SHA512>
<output variable> <input>)
string(COMPARE EQUAL <string1> <string2> <output variable>)
string(COMPARE NOTEQUAL <string1> <string2> <output variable>)
string(COMPARE LESS <string1> <string2> <output variable>)
string(COMPARE GREATER <string1> <string2> <output variable>)
string(ASCII <number> [<number> ...] <output variable>)
string(CONFIGURE <string1> <output variable>
[@ONLY] [ESCAPE_QUOTES])
string(TOUPPER <string1> <output variable>)
string(TOLOWER <string1> <output variable>)
string(LENGTH <string> <output variable>)
string(SUBSTRING <string> <begin> <length> <output variable>)
string(STRIP <string> <output variable>)
string(RANDOM [LENGTH <length>] [ALPHABET <alphabet>]
[RANDOM_SEED <seed>] <output variable>)
string(FIND <string> <substring> <output variable> [REVERSE])
string(TIMESTAMP <output variable> [<format string>] [UTC])
string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER <input string> <output variable>)
REGEX MATCH will match the regular expression once and store the match in the
output variable.
REGEX MATCHALL will match the regular expression as many times as possible and
store the matches in the output variable as a list.
REGEX REPLACE will match the regular expression as many times as possible and
substitute the replacement expression for the match in the output. The replace
expression may refer to paren-delimited subexpressions of the match using \1, \2,
..., \9. Note that two backslashes (\\1) are required in CMake code to get a
backslash through argument parsing.
REPLACE will replace all occurrences of match_string in the input with
replace_string and store the result in the output.
MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512 will compute a cryptographic hash of
the input string.
COMPARE EQUAL/NOTEQUAL/LESS/GREATER will compare the strings and store true or
false in the output variable.
ASCII will convert all numbers into corresponding ASCII characters.
CONFIGURE will transform a string like CONFIGURE_FILE transforms a file.
TOUPPER/TOLOWER will convert string to upper/lower characters.
LENGTH will return a given string's length.
SUBSTRING will return a substring of a given string. If length is -1 the remainder
of the string starting at begin will be returned.
STRIP will return a substring of a given string with leading and trailing spaces
removed.
RANDOM will return a random string of given length consisting of characters from
the given alphabet. Default length is 5 characters and default alphabet is all
numbers and upper and lower case letters. If an integer RANDOM_SEED is given, its
value will be used to seed the random number generator.
FIND will return the position where the given substring was found in the supplied
string. If the REVERSE flag was used, the command will search for the position of
the last occurrence of the specified substring.
The following characters have special meaning in regular expressions:
^ Matches at beginning of input
$ Matches at end of input
. Matches any single character
[ ] Matches any character(s) inside the brackets
[^ ] Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets
- Inside brackets, specifies an inclusive range between
characters on either side e.g. [a-f] is [abcdef]
To match a literal - using brackets, make it the first
or the last character e.g. [+*/-] matches basic
mathematical operators.
* Matches preceding pattern zero or more times
+ Matches preceding pattern one or more times
? Matches preceding pattern zero or once only
| Matches a pattern on either side of the |
() Saves a matched subexpression, which can be referenced
in the REGEX REPLACE operation. Additionally it is saved
by all regular expression-related commands, including
e.g. if( MATCHES ), in the variables CMAKE_MATCH_(0..9).
*, + and ? have higher precedence than concatenation. | has lower precedence than
concatenation. This means that the regular expression "^ab+d$" matches "abbd" but
not "ababd", and the regular expression "^(ab|cd)$" matches "ab" but not "abd".
TIMESTAMP will write a string representation of the current date and/or time to the
output variable.
Should the command be unable to obtain a timestamp the output variable will be set
to the empty string "".
The optional UTC flag requests the current date/time representation to be in
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) rather than local time.
The optional <format string> may contain the following format specifiers:
%d The day of the current month (01-31).
%H The hour on a 24-hour clock (00-23).
%I The hour on a 12-hour clock (01-12).
%j The day of the current year (001-366).
%m The month of the current year (01-12).
%M The minute of the current hour (00-59).
%S The second of the current minute.
60 represents a leap second. (00-60)
%U The week number of the current year (00-53).
%w The day of the current week. 0 is Sunday. (0-6)
%y The last two digits of the current year (00-99)
%Y The current year.
Unknown format specifiers will be ignored and copied to the output as-is.
If no explicit <format string> is given it will default to:
%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S for local time.
%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ for UTC.
MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER will write a string which can be used as an identifier in C.
target_compile_definitions
Add compile definitions to a target.
target_compile_definitions(<target> <INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items1...]
[<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items2...] ...])
Specify compile definitions to use when compiling a given target. The named
<target> must have been created by a command such as add_executable or add_library
and must not be an IMPORTED target. The INTERFACE, PUBLIC and PRIVATE keywords are
required to specify the scope of the following arguments. PRIVATE and PUBLIC items
will populate the COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property of <target>. PUBLIC and INTERFACE
items will populate the INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property of <target>. The
following arguments specify compile definitions. Repeated calls for the same
<target> append items in the order called.
Arguments to target_compile_definitions may use "generator expressions" with the
syntax "$<...>". Generator expressions are evaluated during build system
generation to produce information specific to each build configuration. Valid
expressions are:
$<0:...> = empty string (ignores "...")
$<1:...> = content of "..."
$<CONFIG:cfg> = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
$<CONFIGURATION> = configuration name
$<BOOL:...> = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
$<STREQUAL:a,b> = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
$<ANGLE-R> = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
$<COMMA> = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
$<SEMICOLON> = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
$<JOIN:list,...> = joins the list with the content of "..."
$<TARGET_NAME:...> = Marks ... as being the name of a target. This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets. The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
$<C_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<TARGET_FILE:tgt> = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
where "tgt" is the name of a target. Target file expressions produce a full path,
but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and file name components:
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is
evaluated on.
$<TARGET_POLICY:pol> = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'. If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
$<INSTALL_PREFIX> = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
Boolean expressions:
$<AND:?[,?]...> = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
$<OR:?[,?]...> = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
$<NOT:?> = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop> = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
target_compile_options
Add compile options to a target.
target_compile_options(<target> [BEFORE] <INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items1...]
[<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items2...] ...])
Specify compile options to use when compiling a given target. The named <target>
must have been created by a command such as add_executable or add_library and must
not be an IMPORTED target. If BEFORE is specified, the content will be prepended
to the property instead of being appended.
The INTERFACE, PUBLIC and PRIVATE keywords are required to specify the scope of the
following arguments. PRIVATE and PUBLIC items will populate the COMPILE_OPTIONS
property of <target>. PUBLIC and INTERFACE items will populate the
INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS property of <target>. The following arguments specify
compile opitions. Repeated calls for the same <target> append items in the order
called.
Arguments to target_compile_options may use "generator expressions" with the syntax
"$<...>". Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to
produce information specific to each build configuration. Valid expressions are:
$<0:...> = empty string (ignores "...")
$<1:...> = content of "..."
$<CONFIG:cfg> = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
$<CONFIGURATION> = configuration name
$<BOOL:...> = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
$<STREQUAL:a,b> = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
$<ANGLE-R> = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
$<COMMA> = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
$<SEMICOLON> = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
$<JOIN:list,...> = joins the list with the content of "..."
$<TARGET_NAME:...> = Marks ... as being the name of a target. This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets. The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
$<C_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<TARGET_FILE:tgt> = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
where "tgt" is the name of a target. Target file expressions produce a full path,
but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and file name components:
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is
evaluated on.
$<TARGET_POLICY:pol> = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'. If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
$<INSTALL_PREFIX> = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
Boolean expressions:
$<AND:?[,?]...> = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
$<OR:?[,?]...> = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
$<NOT:?> = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop> = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
target_include_directories
Add include directories to a target.
target_include_directories(<target> [SYSTEM] [BEFORE] <INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items1...]
[<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items2...] ...])
Specify include directories or targets to use when compiling a given target. The
named <target> must have been created by a command such as add_executable or
add_library and must not be an IMPORTED target.
If BEFORE is specified, the content will be prepended to the property instead of
being appended.
The INTERFACE, PUBLIC and PRIVATE keywords are required to specify the scope of the
following arguments. PRIVATE and PUBLIC items will populate the
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES property of <target>. PUBLIC and INTERFACE items will populate
the INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES property of <target>. The following arguments
specify include directories. Specified include directories may be absolute paths
or relative paths. Repeated calls for the same <target> append items in the order
called.If SYSTEM is specified, the compiler will be told the directories are meant
as system include directories on some platforms (signalling this setting might
achieve effects such as the compiler skipping warnings, or these fixed-install
system files not being considered in dependency calculations - see compiler docs).
If SYSTEM is used together with PUBLIC or INTERFACE, the
INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES target property will be populated with the
specified directories.
Arguments to target_include_directories may use "generator expressions" with the
syntax "$<...>". Generator expressions are evaluated during build system
generation to produce information specific to each build configuration. Valid
expressions are:
$<0:...> = empty string (ignores "...")
$<1:...> = content of "..."
$<CONFIG:cfg> = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
$<CONFIGURATION> = configuration name
$<BOOL:...> = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
$<STREQUAL:a,b> = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
$<ANGLE-R> = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
$<COMMA> = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
$<SEMICOLON> = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
$<JOIN:list,...> = joins the list with the content of "..."
$<TARGET_NAME:...> = Marks ... as being the name of a target. This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets. The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
$<C_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<TARGET_FILE:tgt> = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
where "tgt" is the name of a target. Target file expressions produce a full path,
but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and file name components:
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is
evaluated on.
$<TARGET_POLICY:pol> = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'. If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
$<INSTALL_PREFIX> = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
Boolean expressions:
$<AND:?[,?]...> = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
$<OR:?[,?]...> = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
$<NOT:?> = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop> = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
target_link_libraries
Link a target to given libraries.
target_link_libraries(<target> [item1 [item2 [...]]]
[[debug|optimized|general] <item>] ...)
Specify libraries or flags to use when linking a given target. The named <target>
must have been created in the current directory by a command such as add_executable
or add_library. The remaining arguments specify library names or flags. Repeated
calls for the same <target> append items in the order called.
If a library name matches that of another target in the project a dependency will
automatically be added in the build system to make sure the library being linked is
up-to-date before the target links. Item names starting with '-', but not '-l' or
'-framework', are treated as linker flags.
A "debug", "optimized", or "general" keyword indicates that the library immediately
following it is to be used only for the corresponding build configuration. The
"debug" keyword corresponds to the Debug configuration (or to configurations named
in the DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS global property if it is set). The "optimized" keyword
corresponds to all other configurations. The "general" keyword corresponds to all
configurations, and is purely optional (assumed if omitted). Higher granularity
may be achieved for per-configuration rules by creating and linking to IMPORTED
library targets. See the IMPORTED mode of the add_library command for more
information.
Library dependencies are transitive by default with this signature. When this
target is linked into another target then the libraries linked to this target will
appear on the link line for the other target too. This transitive "link interface"
is stored in the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES target property when policy CMP0022 is
set to NEW and may be overridden by setting the property directly. (When CMP0022 is
not set to NEW, transitive linking is builtin but may be overridden by the
LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property. Calls to other signatures of this command may
set the property making any libraries linked exclusively by this signature
private.)
CMake will also propagate "usage requirements" from linked library targets. Usage
requirements affect compilation of sources in the <target>. They are specified by
properties defined on linked targets. During generation of the build system, CMake
integrates usage requirement property values with the corresponding build
properties for <target>:
INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITONS: Appends to COMPILE_DEFINITONS
INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES: Appends to INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE: Sets POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE
or checked for consistency with existing value
If an <item> is a library in a Mac OX framework, the Headers directory of the
framework will also be processed as a "usage requirement". This has the same
effect as passing the framework directory as an include directory.
target_link_libraries(<target>
<PRIVATE|PUBLIC|INTERFACE> <lib> ...
[<PRIVATE|PUBLIC|INTERFACE> <lib> ... ] ...])
The PUBLIC, PRIVATE and INTERFACE keywords can be used to specify both the link
dependencies and the link interface in one command. Libraries and targets
following PUBLIC are linked to, and are made part of the link interface. Libraries
and targets following PRIVATE are linked to, but are not made part of the link
interface. Libraries following INTERFACE are appended to the link interface and
are not used for linking <target>.
target_link_libraries(<target> LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES
[[debug|optimized|general] <lib>] ...)
The LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES mode appends the libraries to the
INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES target property instead of using them for linking. If
policy CMP0022 is not NEW, then this mode also appends libraries to the
LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES and its per-configuration equivalent. This signature is
for compatibility only. Prefer the INTERFACE mode instead. Libraries specified as
"debug" are wrapped in a generator expression to correspond to debug builds. If
policy CMP0022 is not NEW, the libraries are also appended to the
LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES_DEBUG property (or to the properties corresponding to
configurations listed in the DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS global property if it is set).
Libraries specified as "optimized" are appended to the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
property. If policy CMP0022 is not NEW, they are also appended to the
LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property. Libraries specified as "general" (or without
any keyword) are treated as if specified for both "debug" and "optimized".
target_link_libraries(<target>
<LINK_PRIVATE|LINK_PUBLIC>
[[debug|optimized|general] <lib>] ...
[<LINK_PRIVATE|LINK_PUBLIC>
[[debug|optimized|general] <lib>] ...])
The LINK_PUBLIC and LINK_PRIVATE modes can be used to specify both the link
dependencies and the link interface in one command. This signature is for
compatibility only. Prefer the PUBLIC or PRIVATE keywords instead. Libraries and
targets following LINK_PUBLIC are linked to, and are made part of the
INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES. If policy CMP0022 is not NEW, they are also made part of
the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES. Libraries and targets following LINK_PRIVATE are
linked to, but are not made part of the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES (or
LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES).
The library dependency graph is normally acyclic (a DAG), but in the case of
mutually-dependent STATIC libraries CMake allows the graph to contain cycles
(strongly connected components). When another target links to one of the libraries
CMake repeats the entire connected component. For example, the code
add_library(A STATIC a.c)
add_library(B STATIC b.c)
target_link_libraries(A B)
target_link_libraries(B A)
add_executable(main main.c)
target_link_libraries(main A)
links 'main' to 'A B A B'. (While one repetition is usually sufficient,
pathological object file and symbol arrangements can require more. One may handle
such cases by manually repeating the component in the last target_link_libraries
call. However, if two archives are really so interdependent they should probably
be combined into a single archive.)
Arguments to target_link_libraries may use "generator expressions" with the syntax
"$<...>". Note however, that generator expressions will not be used in OLD
handling of CMP0003 or CMP0004.
Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to produce
information specific to each build configuration. Valid expressions are:
$<0:...> = empty string (ignores "...")
$<1:...> = content of "..."
$<CONFIG:cfg> = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
$<CONFIGURATION> = configuration name
$<BOOL:...> = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
$<STREQUAL:a,b> = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
$<ANGLE-R> = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
$<COMMA> = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
$<SEMICOLON> = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
$<JOIN:list,...> = joins the list with the content of "..."
$<TARGET_NAME:...> = Marks ... as being the name of a target. This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets. The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...> = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
$<C_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID> = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp> = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2> = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the C compiler used.
$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION> = The version of the CXX compiler used.
$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
$<TARGET_FILE:tgt> = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
where "tgt" is the name of a target. Target file expressions produce a full path,
but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and file name components:
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is
evaluated on.
$<TARGET_POLICY:pol> = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'. If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
$<INSTALL_PREFIX> = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
Boolean expressions:
$<AND:?[,?]...> = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
$<OR:?[,?]...> = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
$<NOT:?> = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop> = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
try_compile
Try building some code.
try_compile(RESULT_VAR <bindir> <srcdir>
<projectName> [targetName] [CMAKE_FLAGS flags...]
[OUTPUT_VARIABLE <var>])
Try building a project. In this form, srcdir should contain a complete CMake
project with a CMakeLists.txt file and all sources. The bindir and srcdir will not
be deleted after this command is run. Specify targetName to build a specific target
instead of the 'all' or 'ALL_BUILD' target.
try_compile(RESULT_VAR <bindir> <srcfile|SOURCES srcfile...>
[CMAKE_FLAGS flags...]
[COMPILE_DEFINITIONS flags...]
[LINK_LIBRARIES libs...]
[OUTPUT_VARIABLE <var>]
[COPY_FILE <fileName> [COPY_FILE_ERROR <var>]])
Try building an executable from one or more source files. In this form the user
need only supply one or more source files that include a definition for 'main'.
CMake will create a CMakeLists.txt file to build the source(s) as an executable.
Specify COPY_FILE to get a copy of the linked executable at the given fileName and
optionally COPY_FILE_ERROR to capture any error.
In this version all files in bindir/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp will be cleaned
automatically. For debugging, --debug-trycompile can be passed to cmake to avoid
this clean. However, multiple sequential try_compile operations reuse this single
output directory. If you use --debug-trycompile, you can only debug one try_compile
call at a time. The recommended procedure is to configure with cmake all the way
through once, then delete the cache entry associated with the try_compile call of
interest, and then re-run cmake again with --debug-trycompile.
Some extra flags that can be included are, INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES, LINK_DIRECTORIES,
and LINK_LIBRARIES. COMPILE_DEFINITIONS are -Ddefinition that will be passed to
the compile line.
The srcfile signature also accepts a LINK_LIBRARIES argument which may contain a
list of libraries or IMPORTED targets which will be linked to in the generated
project. If LINK_LIBRARIES is specified as a parameter to try_compile, then any
LINK_LIBRARIES passed as CMAKE_FLAGS will be ignored.
try_compile creates a CMakeList.txt file on the fly that looks like this:
add_definitions( <expanded COMPILE_DEFINITIONS from calling cmake>)
include_directories(${INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
link_directories(${LINK_DIRECTORIES})
add_executable(cmTryCompileExec sources)
target_link_libraries(cmTryCompileExec ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
In both versions of the command, if OUTPUT_VARIABLE is specified, then the output
from the build process is stored in the given variable. The success or failure of
the try_compile, i.e. TRUE or FALSE respectively, is returned in RESULT_VAR.
CMAKE_FLAGS can be used to pass -DVAR:TYPE=VALUE flags to the cmake that is run
during the build. Set variable CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION to choose a build
configuration.
try_run
Try compiling and then running some code.
try_run(RUN_RESULT_VAR COMPILE_RESULT_VAR
bindir srcfile [CMAKE_FLAGS <Flags>]
[COMPILE_DEFINITIONS <flags>]
[COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE comp]
[RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE run]
[OUTPUT_VARIABLE var]
[ARGS <arg1> <arg2>...])
Try compiling a srcfile. Return TRUE or FALSE for success or failure in
COMPILE_RESULT_VAR. Then if the compile succeeded, run the executable and return
its exit code in RUN_RESULT_VAR. If the executable was built, but failed to run,
then RUN_RESULT_VAR will be set to FAILED_TO_RUN. COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE specifies
the variable where the output from the compile step goes. RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE
specifies the variable where the output from the running executable goes.
For compatibility reasons OUTPUT_VARIABLE is still supported, which gives you the
output from the compile and run step combined.
Cross compiling issues
When cross compiling, the executable compiled in the first step usually cannot be
run on the build host. try_run() checks the CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING variable to detect
whether CMake is in crosscompiling mode. If that's the case, it will still try to
compile the executable, but it will not try to run the executable. Instead it will
create cache variables which must be filled by the user or by presetting them in
some CMake script file to the values the executable would have produced if it had
been run on its actual target platform. These variables are RUN_RESULT_VAR
(explanation see above) and if RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE (or OUTPUT_VARIABLE) was used,
an additional cache variable RUN_RESULT_VAR__COMPILE_RESULT_VAR__TRYRUN_OUTPUT.This
is intended to hold stdout and stderr from the executable.
In order to make cross compiling your project easier, use try_run only if really
required. If you use try_run, use RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE (or OUTPUT_VARIABLE) only if
really required. Using them will require that when crosscompiling, the cache
variables will have to be set manually to the output of the executable. You can
also "guard" the calls to try_run with if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING) and provide an
easy-to-preset alternative for this case.
Set variable CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION to choose a build configuration.
unset Unset a variable, cache variable, or environment variable.
unset(<variable> [CACHE])
Removes the specified variable causing it to become undefined. If CACHE is present
then the variable is removed from the cache instead of the current scope.
<variable> can be an environment variable such as:
unset(ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH})
in which case the variable will be removed from the current environment.
variable_watch
Watch the CMake variable for change.
variable_watch(<variable name> [<command to execute>])
If the specified variable changes, the message will be printed about the variable
being changed. If the command is specified, the command will be executed. The
command will receive the following arguments: COMMAND(<variable> <access> <value>
<current list file> <stack>)
while Evaluate a group of commands while a condition is true
while(condition)
COMMAND1(ARGS ...)
COMMAND2(ARGS ...)
...
endwhile(condition)
All commands between while and the matching endwhile are recorded without being
invoked. Once the endwhile is evaluated, the recorded list of commands is invoked
as long as the condition is true. The condition is evaluated using the same logic
as the if command.
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