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| <span id="command:configure_file"></span><h1>configure_file<a class="headerlink" href="#configure-file" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> |
| <p>Copy a file to another location and modify its contents.</p> |
| <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">configure_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o"><</span><span class="nb">input</span><span class="o">></span> <span class="o"><</span><span class="n">output</span><span class="o">></span> |
| <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">COPYONLY</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">ESCAPE_QUOTES</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="nd">@ONLY</span><span class="p">]</span> |
| <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">NEWLINE_STYLE</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">UNIX</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">DOS</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">WIN32</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">LF</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">CRLF</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">])</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>Copies an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><input></span></code> file to an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><output></span></code> file and substitutes |
| variable values referenced as <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">@VAR@</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">${VAR}</span></code> in the input |
| file content. Each variable reference will be replaced with the |
| current value of the variable, or the empty string if the variable |
| is not defined. Furthermore, input lines of the form:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">#cmakedefine VAR ...</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>will be replaced with either:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">#define VAR ...</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>or:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">/*</span> <span class="c1">#undef VAR */</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>depending on whether <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">VAR</span></code> is set in CMake to any value not considered |
| a false constant by the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:if"></span><a class="reference internal" href="if.html#command:if" title="if"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal"><span class="pre">if()</span></code></a> command. The ”...” content on the |
| line after the variable name, if any, is processed as above. |
| Input file lines of the form <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#cmakedefine01</span> <span class="pre">VAR</span></code> will be replaced with |
| either <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#define</span> <span class="pre">VAR</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#define</span> <span class="pre">VAR</span> <span class="pre">0</span></code> similarly.</p> |
| <p>If the input file is modified the build system will re-run CMake to |
| re-configure the file and generate the build system again.</p> |
| <p>The arguments are:</p> |
| <dl class="docutils"> |
| <dt><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><input></span></code></dt> |
| <dd>Path to the input file. A relative path is treated with respect to |
| the value of <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR.html#variable:CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR" title="CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal"><span class="pre">CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR</span></code></a>. The input path |
| must be a file, not a directory.</dd> |
| <dt><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><output></span></code></dt> |
| <dd>Path to the output file or directory. A relative path is treated |
| with respect to the value of <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR.html#variable:CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR" title="CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal"><span class="pre">CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR</span></code></a>. |
| If the path names an existing directory the output file is placed |
| in that directory with the same file name as the input file.</dd> |
| <dt><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">COPYONLY</span></code></dt> |
| <dd>Copy the file without replacing any variable references or other |
| content. This option may not be used with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NEWLINE_STYLE</span></code>.</dd> |
| <dt><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ESCAPE_QUOTES</span></code></dt> |
| <dd>Escape any substituted quotes with backslashes (C-style).</dd> |
| <dt><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">@ONLY</span></code></dt> |
| <dd>Restrict variable replacement to references of the form <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">@VAR@</span></code>. |
| This is useful for configuring scripts that use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">${VAR}</span></code> syntax.</dd> |
| <dt><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NEWLINE_STYLE</span> <span class="pre"><style></span></code></dt> |
| <dd>Specify the newline style for the output file. Specify |
| <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UNIX</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">LF</span></code> for <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\n</span></code> newlines, or specify |
| <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">DOS</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">WIN32</span></code>, or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CRLF</span></code> for <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\r\n</span></code> newlines. |
| This option may not be used with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">COPYONLY</span></code>.</dd> |
| </dl> |
| <div class="section" id="example"> |
| <h2>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Consider a source tree containing a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">foo.h.in</span></code> file:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-c"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">#cmakedefine FOO_ENABLE</span> |
| <span class="cp">#cmakedefine FOO_STRING "@FOO_STRING@"</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>An adjacent <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CMakeLists.txt</span></code> may use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">configure_file</span></code> to |
| configure the header:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-cmake"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">option</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">FOO_ENABLE</span> <span class="s2">"Enable Foo"</span> <span class="s">ON</span><span class="p">)</span> |
| <span class="nb">if</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">FOO_ENABLE</span><span class="p">)</span> |
| <span class="nb">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">FOO_STRING</span> <span class="s2">"foo"</span><span class="p">)</span> |
| <span class="nb">endif</span><span class="p">()</span> |
| <span class="nb">configure_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">foo.h.in</span> <span class="s">foo.h</span> <span class="s">@ONLY</span><span class="p">)</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>This creates a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">foo.h</span></code> in the build directory corresponding to |
| this source directory. If the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FOO_ENABLE</span></code> option is on, the |
| configured file will contain:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-c"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">#define FOO_ENABLE</span> |
| <span class="cp">#define FOO_STRING "foo"</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>Otherwise it will contain:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-c"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cm">/* #undef FOO_ENABLE */</span> |
| <span class="cm">/* #undef FOO_STRING */</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>One may then use the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:include_directories"></span><a class="reference internal" href="include_directories.html#command:include_directories" title="include_directories"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal"><span class="pre">include_directories()</span></code></a> command to |
| specify the output directory as an include directory:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-cmake"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">include_directories</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">${</span><span class="nv">CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR</span><span class="o">}</span><span class="p">)</span> |
| </pre></div> |
| </div> |
| <p>so that sources may include the header as <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#include</span> <span class="pre"><foo.h></span></code>.</p> |
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