ctest_build

Perform the CTest Build Step as a Dashboard Client.

ctest_build([BUILD <build-dir>] [APPEND]
            [CONFIGURATION <config>]
            [PARALLEL_LEVEL <parallel>]
            [FLAGS <flags>]
            [PROJECT_NAME <project-name>]
            [TARGET <target-name>]
            [NUMBER_ERRORS <num-err-var>]
            [NUMBER_WARNINGS <num-warn-var>]
            [RETURN_VALUE <result-var>]
            [CAPTURE_CMAKE_ERROR <result-var>]
            )

Build the project and store results in Build.xml for submission with the ctest_submit() command.

The CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND variable may be set to explicitly specify the build command line. Otherwise the build command line is computed automatically based on the options given.

The options are:

BUILD <build-dir>

Specify the top-level build directory. If not given, the CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY variable is used.

APPEND

Mark Build.xml for append to results previously submitted to a dashboard server since the last ctest_start() call. Append semantics are defined by the dashboard server in use. This does not cause results to be appended to a .xml file produced by a previous call to this command.

CONFIGURATION <config>

Specify the build configuration (e.g. Debug). If not specified the CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION variable will be checked. Otherwise the -C <cfg> option given to the ctest(1) command will be used, if any.

PARALLEL_LEVEL <parallel>

Added in version 3.21.

Specify the parallel level of the underlying build system. If not specified, the CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL environment variable will be checked.

FLAGS <flags>

Pass additional arguments to the underlying build command. If not specified the CTEST_BUILD_FLAGS variable will be checked. This can, e.g., be used to trigger a parallel build using the -j option of make. See the ProcessorCount module for an example.

PROJECT_NAME <project-name>

Ignored since CMake 3.0.

Changed in version 3.14: This value is no longer required.

TARGET <target-name>

Specify the name of a target to build. If not specified the CTEST_BUILD_TARGET variable will be checked. Otherwise the default target will be built. This is the "all" target (called ALL_BUILD in Visual Studio Generators).

NUMBER_ERRORS <num-err-var>

Store the number of build errors detected in the given variable.

NUMBER_WARNINGS <num-warn-var>

Store the number of build warnings detected in the given variable.

RETURN_VALUE <result-var>

Store the return value of the native build tool in the given variable.

CAPTURE_CMAKE_ERROR <result-var>

Added in version 3.7.

Store in the <result-var> variable -1 if there are any errors running the command and prevent ctest from returning non-zero if an error occurs.

QUIET

Added in version 3.3.

Suppress any CTest-specific non-error output that would have been printed to the console otherwise. The summary of warnings / errors, as well as the output from the native build tool is unaffected by this option.