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Abeya
Abeya

Reputation: 3

Print message after Target Clean (CMake)

I want to print a message after the target clean executed successfully. I tried like

add_custom_command ( TARGET clean POST_BUILD
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Cleanup done in Project '${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}'"
)

but CMake claims that "No TARGET 'clean' has been created in this directory." Of course clean is not created in this directory, CMake should generate this target by itself.

Is there any other way to edit clean or add instructions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 195

Answers (1)

Vertexwahn
Vertexwahn

Reputation: 8152

IMHO clean should not be changed or modified, since the user expects a clearly defined behavior.

Do it that way:

add_custom_target(CustomClean
    COMMAND ${your_commands}
    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --target clean --config $<CONFIG>
)

Upvotes: 1

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