[CMake] How To Copy Media Files Into Out-Of-Source Build

[Adolfo Rodríguez]

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Karol Krizka <kkrizka at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Is there a generic way to have CMake copy (or link to) required files
> (ei: movies) into an out-of-source build directory?


If symlinks work for you, you can do:

execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink old new)


If what you really want to do is create a copy, you can change the
'create_symlink' option with 'copy' (for individual files) or
'copy_directory' (for entire directories). However, it looks like for your
use case you can get away with symlinks, if your platform allows them, that
is.

Cheers,

Adolfo



> When I build in an
> out-of-source directory, I would also like to test from the same
> directory without having to take any additional steps.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Karol Krizka
>
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