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NAME
ccmake - Curses Interface for CMake.
USAGE
ccmake <path-to-source>
ccmake <path-to-existing-build>
DESCRIPTION
The "ccmake" executable is the CMake curses interface. Project configuration settings may be specified
interactively through this GUI. Brief instructions are provided at the bottom of the terminal when the
program is running.
CMake is a cross-platform build system generator. Projects specify their build process with
platform-independent CMake listfiles included in each directory of a source tree with the name
CMakeLists.txt. Users build a project by using CMake to generate a build system for a native tool on
their platform.
OPTIONS
-C <initial-cache>
Pre-load a script to populate the cache.
When cmake is first run in an empty build tree, it creates a CMakeCache.txt file and populates it
with customizable settings for the project. This option may be used to specify a file from which
to load cache entries before the first pass through the project's cmake listfiles. The loaded
entries take priority over the project's default values. The given file should be a CMake script
containing SET commands that use the CACHE option, not a cache-format file.
-D <var>:<type>=<value>
Create a cmake cache entry.
When cmake is first run in an empty build tree, it creates a CMakeCache.txt file and populates it
with customizable settings for the project. This option may be used to specify a setting that
takes priority over the project's default value. The option may be repeated for as many cache
entries as desired.
-U <globbing_expr>
Remove matching entries from CMake cache.
This option may be used to remove one or more variables from the CMakeCache.txt file, globbing
expressions using * and ? are supported. The option may be repeated for as many cache entries as
desired.
Use with care, you can make your CMakeCache.txt non-working.
-G <generator-name>
Specify a build system generator.
CMake may support multiple native build systems on certain platforms. A generator is responsible
for generating a particular build system. Possible generator names are specified in the
Generators section.
-T <toolset-name>
Specify toolset name if supported by generator.
Some CMake generators support a toolset name to be given to the native build system to choose a
compiler. This is supported only on specific generators:
Visual Studio >= 10
Xcode >= 3.0
See native build system documentation for allowed toolset names.
-Wno-dev
Suppress developer warnings.
Suppress warnings that are meant for the author of the CMakeLists.txt files.
-Wdev Enable developer warnings.
Enable warnings that are meant for the author of the CMakeLists.txt files.
--copyright [file]
Print the CMake copyright and exit.
If a file is specified, the copyright is written into it.
--help,-help,-usage,-h,-H,/?
Print usage information and exit.
Usage describes the basic command line interface and its options.
--help-full [file]
Print full help and exit.
Full help displays most of the documentation provided by the UNIX man page. It is provided for
use on non-UNIX platforms, but is also convenient if the man page is not installed. If a file is
specified, the help is written into it.
--help-html [file]
Print full help in HTML format.
This option is used by CMake authors to help produce web pages. If a file is specified, the help
is written into it.
--help-man [file]
Print full help as a UNIX man page and exit.
This option is used by the cmake build to generate the UNIX man page. If a file is specified, the
help is written into it.
--version,-version,/V [file]
Show program name/version banner and exit.
If a file is specified, the version is written into it.
GENERATORS
Unix Makefiles
Generates standard UNIX makefiles.
A hierarchy of UNIX makefiles is generated into the build tree. Any standard UNIX-style make
program can build the project through the default make target. A "make install" target is also
provided.
Ninja Generates build.ninja files (experimental).
A build.ninja file is generated into the build tree. Recent versions of the ninja program can
build the project through the "all" target. An "install" target is also provided.
CodeBlocks - Ninja
Generates CodeBlocks project files.
Project files for CodeBlocks will be created in the top directory and in every subdirectory which
features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a PROJECT() call. Additionally a hierarchy of makefiles
is generated into the build tree. The appropriate make program can build the project through the
default make target. A "make install" target is also provided.
CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles
Generates CodeBlocks project files.
Project files for CodeBlocks will be created in the top directory and in every subdirectory which
features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a PROJECT() call. Additionally a hierarchy of makefiles
is generated into the build tree. The appropriate make program can build the project through the
default make target. A "make install" target is also provided.
Eclipse CDT4 - Ninja
Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.
Project files for Eclipse will be created in the top directory. In out of source builds, a linked
resource to the top level source directory will be created. Additionally a hierarchy of makefiles
is generated into the build tree. The appropriate make program can build the project through the
default make target. A "make install" target is also provided.
Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles
Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.
Project files for Eclipse will be created in the top directory. In out of source builds, a linked
resource to the top level source directory will be created. Additionally a hierarchy of makefiles
is generated into the build tree. The appropriate make program can build the project through the
default make target. A "make install" target is also provided.
KDevelop3
Generates KDevelop 3 project files.
Project files for KDevelop 3 will be created in the top directory and in every subdirectory which
features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a PROJECT() call. If you change the settings using
KDevelop cmake will try its best to keep your changes when regenerating the project files.
Additionally a hierarchy of UNIX makefiles is generated into the build tree. Any standard
UNIX-style make program can build the project through the default make target. A "make install"
target is also provided.
KDevelop3 - Unix Makefiles
Generates KDevelop 3 project files.
Project files for KDevelop 3 will be created in the top directory and in every subdirectory which
features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a PROJECT() call. If you change the settings using
KDevelop cmake will try its best to keep your changes when regenerating the project files.
Additionally a hierarchy of UNIX makefiles is generated into the build tree. Any standard
UNIX-style make program can build the project through the default make target. A "make install"
target is also provided.
Sublime Text 2 - Ninja
Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.
Project files for Sublime Text 2 will be created in the top directory and in every subdirectory
which features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a PROJECT() call. Additionally Makefiles (or
build.ninja files) are generated into the build tree. The appropriate make program can build the
project through the default make target. A "make install" target is also provided.
Sublime Text 2 - Unix Makefiles
Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.
Project files for Sublime Text 2 will be created in the top directory and in every subdirectory
which features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a PROJECT() call. Additionally Makefiles (or
build.ninja files) are generated into the build tree. The appropriate make program can build the
project through the default make target. A "make install" target is also provided.
PROPERTIES
CMake Properties - Properties supported by CMake, the Cross-Platform Makefile Generator.
This is the documentation for the properties supported by CMake. Properties can have different scopes.
They can either be assigned to a source file, a directory, a target or globally to CMake. By modifying
the values of properties the behaviour of the build system can be customized.
COMMAND
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.
COMPATIBILITY COMMANDS
build_name
Deprecated. Use ${CMAKE_SYSTEM} and ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} instead.
build_name(variable)
Sets the specified variable to a string representing the platform and compiler settings. These
values are now available through the CMAKE_SYSTEM and CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER variables.
exec_program
Deprecated. Use the execute_process() command instead.
Run an executable program during the processing of the CMakeList.txt file.
exec_program(Executable [directory in which to run]
[ARGS <arguments to executable>]
[OUTPUT_VARIABLE <var>]
[RETURN_VALUE <var>])
The executable is run in the optionally specified directory. The executable can include arguments
if it is double quoted, but it is better to use the optional ARGS argument to specify arguments to
the program. This is because cmake will then be able to escape spaces in the executable path.
An optional argument OUTPUT_VARIABLE specifies a variable in which to store the output. To capture
the return value of the execution, provide a RETURN_VALUE. If OUTPUT_VARIABLE is specified, then
no output will go to the stdout/stderr of the console running cmake.
export_library_dependencies
Deprecated. Use INSTALL(EXPORT) or EXPORT command.
This command generates an old-style library dependencies file. Projects requiring CMake 2.6 or
later should not use the command. Use instead the install(EXPORT) command to help export targets
from an installation tree and the export() command to export targets from a build tree.
The old-style library dependencies file does not take into account per-configuration names of
libraries or the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES target property.
export_library_dependencies(<file> [APPEND])
Create a file named <file> that can be included into a CMake listfile with the INCLUDE command.
The file will contain a number of SET commands that will set all the variables needed for library
dependency information. This should be the last command in the top level CMakeLists.txt file of
the project. If the APPEND option is specified, the SET commands will be appended to the given
file instead of replacing it.
install_files
Deprecated. Use the install(FILES ) command instead.
This command has been superceded by the install command. It is provided for compatibility with
older CMake code. The FILES form is directly replaced by the FILES form of the install command.
The regexp form can be expressed more clearly using the GLOB form of the file command.
install_files(<dir> extension file file ...)
Create rules to install the listed files with the given extension into the given directory. Only
files existing in the current source tree or its corresponding location in the binary tree may be
listed. If a file specified already has an extension, that extension will be removed first. This
is useful for providing lists of source files such as foo.cxx when you want the corresponding
foo.h to be installed. A typical extension is '.h'.
install_files(<dir> regexp)
Any files in the current source directory that match the regular expression will be installed.
install_files(<dir> FILES file file ...)
Any files listed after the FILES keyword will be installed explicitly from the names given. Full
paths are allowed in this form.
The directory <dir> is relative to the installation prefix, which is stored in the variable
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
install_programs
Deprecated. Use the install(PROGRAMS ) command instead.
This command has been superceded by the install command. It is provided for compatibility with
older CMake code. The FILES form is directly replaced by the PROGRAMS form of the INSTALL
command. The regexp form can be expressed more clearly using the GLOB form of the FILE command.
install_programs(<dir> file1 file2 [file3 ...])
install_programs(<dir> FILES file1 [file2 ...])
Create rules to install the listed programs into the given directory. Use the FILES argument to
guarantee that the file list version of the command will be used even when there is only one
argument.
install_programs(<dir> regexp)
In the second form any program in the current source directory that matches the regular expression
will be installed.
This command is intended to install programs that are not built by cmake, such as shell scripts.
See the TARGETS form of the INSTALL command to create installation rules for targets built by
cmake.
The directory <dir> is relative to the installation prefix, which is stored in the variable
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
install_targets
Deprecated. Use the install(TARGETS ) command instead.
This command has been superceded by the install command. It is provided for compatibility with
older CMake code.
install_targets(<dir> [RUNTIME_DIRECTORY dir] target target)
Create rules to install the listed targets into the given directory. The directory <dir> is
relative to the installation prefix, which is stored in the variable CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. If
RUNTIME_DIRECTORY is specified, then on systems with special runtime files (Windows DLL), the
files will be copied to that directory.
link_libraries
Deprecated. Use the target_link_libraries() command instead.
Link libraries to all targets added later.
link_libraries(library1 <debug | optimized> library2 ...)
Specify a list of libraries to be linked into any following targets (typically added with the
add_executable or add_library calls). This command is passed down to all subdirectories. The
debug and optimized strings may be used to indicate that the next library listed is to be used
only for that specific type of build.
make_directory
Deprecated. Use the file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ) command instead.
make_directory(directory)
Creates the specified directory. Full paths should be given. Any parent directories that do not
exist will also be created. Use with care.
output_required_files
Deprecated. Approximate C preprocessor dependency scanning.
This command exists only because ancient CMake versions provided it. CMake handles preprocessor
dependency scanning automatically using a more advanced scanner.
output_required_files(srcfile outputfile)
Outputs a list of all the source files that are required by the specified srcfile. This list is
written into outputfile. This is similar to writing out the dependencies for srcfile except that
it jumps from .h files into .cxx, .c and .cpp files if possible.
remove Deprecated. Use the list(REMOVE_ITEM ) command instead.
remove(VAR VALUE VALUE ...)
Removes VALUE from the variable VAR. This is typically used to remove entries from a vector (e.g.
semicolon separated list). VALUE is expanded.
subdir_depends
Deprecated. Does nothing.
subdir_depends(subdir dep1 dep2 ...)
Does not do anything. This command used to help projects order parallel builds correctly. This
functionality is now automatic.
subdirs
Deprecated. Use the add_subdirectory() command instead.
Add a list of subdirectories to the build.
subdirs(dir1 dir2 ...[EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL exclude_dir1 exclude_dir2 ...]
[PREORDER] )
Add a list of subdirectories to the build. The add_subdirectory command should be used instead of
subdirs although subdirs will still work. This will cause any CMakeLists.txt files in the sub
directories to be processed by CMake. Any directories after the PREORDER flag are traversed first
by makefile builds, the PREORDER flag has no effect on IDE projects. Any directories after the
EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL marker will not be included in the top level makefile or project file. This is
useful for having CMake create makefiles or projects for a set of examples in a project. You would
want CMake to generate makefiles or project files for all the examples at the same time, but you
would not want them to show up in the top level project or be built each time make is run from the
top.
use_mangled_mesa
Copy mesa headers for use in combination with system GL.
use_mangled_mesa(PATH_TO_MESA OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
The path to mesa includes, should contain gl_mangle.h. The mesa headers are copied to the
specified output directory. This allows mangled mesa headers to override other GL headers by
being added to the include directory path earlier.
utility_source
Specify the source tree of a third-party utility.
utility_source(cache_entry executable_name
path_to_source [file1 file2 ...])
When a third-party utility's source is included in the distribution, this command specifies its
location and name. The cache entry will not be set unless the path_to_source and all listed files
exist. It is assumed that the source tree of the utility will have been built before it is
needed.
When cross compiling CMake will print a warning if a utility_source() command is executed, because
in many cases it is used to build an executable which is executed later on. This doesn't work when
cross compiling, since the executable can run only on their target platform. So in this case the
cache entry has to be adjusted manually so it points to an executable which is runnable on the
build host.
variable_requires
Deprecated. Use the if() command instead.
Assert satisfaction of an option's required variables.
variable_requires(TEST_VARIABLE RESULT_VARIABLE
REQUIRED_VARIABLE1
REQUIRED_VARIABLE2 ...)
The first argument (TEST_VARIABLE) is the name of the variable to be tested, if that variable is
false nothing else is done. If TEST_VARIABLE is true, then the next argument (RESULT_VARIABLE) is
a variable that is set to true if all the required variables are set. The rest of the arguments
are variables that must be true or not set to NOTFOUND to avoid an error. If any are not true, an
error is reported.
write_file
Deprecated. Use the file(WRITE ) command instead.
write_file(filename "message to write"... [APPEND])
The first argument is the file name, the rest of the arguments are messages to write. If the
argument APPEND is specified, then the message will be appended.
NOTE 1: file(WRITE ... and file(APPEND ... do exactly the same as this one but add some more
functionality.
NOTE 2: When using write_file the produced file cannot be used as an input to CMake
(CONFIGURE_FILE, source file ...) because it will lead to an infinite loop. Use configure_file if
you want to generate input files to CMake.
MODULES
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SEE ALSO
cmake(1), ctest(1)
The following resources are available to get help using CMake:
Home Page
http://www.cmake.org
The primary starting point for learning about CMake.
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ
A Wiki is provided containing answers to frequently asked questions.
Online Documentation
http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Documentation.html
Links to available documentation may be found on this web page.
Mailing List
http://www.cmake.org/HTML/MailingLists.html
For help and discussion about using cmake, a mailing list is provided at cmake@cmake.org. The list
is member-post-only but one may sign up on the CMake web page. Please first read the full
documentation at http://www.cmake.org before posting questions to the list.
AUTHOR
This manual page was generated by the "--help-man" option.
ccmake 2.8.12.2 March 19, 2014 ccmake(1)