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socantre / CMakeLists.txt
Created August 24, 2015 03:45
Example of using add_custom_command and add_custom_target together in CMake to handle custom build steps with minimal rebuilding: This example untars library headers for an INTERFACE library target
set(LIBFOO_TAR_HEADERS
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/foo/foo.h"
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/foo/foo_utils.h"
)
add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${LIBFOO_TAR_HEADERS}
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libfoo/foo.tar"
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${LIBFOO_TAR_HEADERS}
WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/foo"
DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libfoo/foo.tar"