get_source_file_property

Get a property for a source file.

get_source_file_property(<variable> <file>
                         [DIRECTORY <dir> | TARGET_DIRECTORY <target>]
                         <property>)

Gets a property from a source file. The value of the property is stored in the specified <variable>. If the <file> is not a source file, or the source property is not found, <variable> will be set to NOTFOUND. If the source property was defined to be an INHERITED property (see define_property()), the search will include the relevant parent scopes, as described for the define_property() command.

By default, the source file's property will be read from the current source directory's scope.

Added in version 3.18: Directory scope can be overridden with one of the following sub-options:

DIRECTORY <dir>

The source file property will be read from the <dir> directory's scope. CMake must already know about that source directory, either by having added it through a call to add_subdirectory() or <dir> being the top level source directory. Relative paths are treated as relative to the current source directory.

TARGET_DIRECTORY <target>

The source file property will be read from the directory scope in which <target> was created (<target> must therefore already exist).

Use set_source_files_properties() to set property values. Source file properties usually control how the file is built. One property that is always there is LOCATION.

Note

The GENERATED source file property may be globally visible. See its documentation for details.

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