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Vivek Goel
Vivek Goel

Reputation: 24160

CMAKE install command post process the file

I am installing static file using CMake's INSTALL command. I want to post process the output file using CMake.

For example, static files have a string like 

v={{VERSION}}

I want to replace {{VERSION}} in the output files.

Is this possible with CMake?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3398

Answers (1)

arrowd
arrowd

Reputation: 34411

Yes, but preprocessing is usually done at cmake invocation step, not during install. This is done using configure_file() command.

Note that configure_file() supports substituting values only in ${} or @@, so if you really need to configure a file with {{}}, you might end up writing your own function using the CMake command file().

Finally, you need to install your configured file. Be sure to 

install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/your.file)

and not just 

install(FILES your.file)

since the latter command would install your source file.

Upvotes: 6

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