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caiy
caiy

Reputation: 341

Install all files in a directory except folders in CMake

I want to install all files under a folder called scfg which contains .cfg, .xml files, and folders to another location which contains scfg. The code below installs correctly.

file(GLOB config_files "scfg/*.cfg")
install(FILES ${config_files} DESTINATION scfg)
file(GLOB xml_files "scfg/*.xml")
install(FILES ${xml_files} DESTINATION scfg)

But it is possible that there will be more files with types other than .cfg and .xml in the future. To prevent changing this file frequently, I am looking for a more generic solution, such as installing all file types other than folders. I have heard about the EXCLUDE keyword. But I don't know what PATTERN I should use for folders.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 16054

Answers (1)

caiy
caiy

Reputation: 341

It should exclude subdirectories explicitly and then all other files will be installed correctly as usual.

install(DIRECTORY scfg/ DESTINATION scfg
    PATTERN "scfg/config/" EXCLUDE
    PATTERN "scfg/xml/" EXCLUDE
)

Upvotes: 11

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