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Matt K
Matt K

Reputation: 618

Fixed cmake output directory

I'm working on my first project using cmake, and for the most part it's been going well but I've run into one problem I can't figure out.

Let's say I have my CMakeLists.txt file located at ~/project/build. I would like for the output from cmake (not the binaries, but the makefile/configuration files) to be independent of where I run cmake from.

As an example, if my terminal is sitting in the ~/project/build directory, calling cmake ~/project/build creates the makefile and everything else within the ~/project/build directory. This is the behaviour that I'd like. If I call cmake ~/project/build from anywhere else, it creates the makefile and everything else in whatever directory the terminal called the program from.

Is it possible to force cmake to generate its makefile and associated files in the same folder as the CMakeLists.txt file? I've taken a look through the documentation and I've had no problems figuring out how to change binary output directories, but I can't really find any mention of what I'm trying to do.

I realize this is a pretty minor annoyance (it's not that hard to move into my build folder before building the project) but I'm just wondering if it's possible and if there's some reason it wouldn't be advised.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5895

Answers (1)

123r789
123r789

Reputation: 1790

You have to use 2 commands for this

1) cmake -B "Dest path(Any path in which u want to generate the output files)" -H"Source path(root CMakeLists.txt path)"

2) cmake --build "Dest path"

Upvotes: 3

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