[Cmake] EXEC_PROGRAM - bug, "feature", or my bad? Mac OS X 10.3 / BSD

[William A. Hoffman]

What version of cmake are you using?

I just tried the following on OS X, and windows, and
it worked:

EXEC_PROGRAM(pwd ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} OUT)
MESSAGE("${OUT}")

I tried with spaces in the path.

-Bill

At 11:23 AM 6/22/2004, paul. wrote:
>hello,
>
>When trying to invoke an external makefile with the command:
>EXEC_PROGRAM(make ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/RenderSystems/GL/src/nvparse/)
>cmake executes:
>-- Check for working C compiler: gcc -- works
>-- Check for working CXX compiler: c++ -- works
>running cd "/Users/crescent/Documents/My\  
>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/" && make 2>&1
>sh: line 1: cd: /Users/crescent/Documents/My\  
>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/: No such file or directory
>-- Configuring done
>-- Generating done
>
>The quotes are what is killing it:
>% cd "/Users/crescent/Documents/My\  
>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/"
>tcsh: /Users/crescent/Documents/My\  
>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/: No such file or directory.
>
>but if I:
>% cd /Users/crescent/Documents/My\  
>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/
>%
>
>weird, i know.
>
>I'm using Mac OS X, which uses the BSD cd command. I'm not entirely  
>positive, but that might be the issue at hand.
>
>Anyone know how to work around this? (other than editing the generated  
>makefile :P)
>
>
>- paul
>
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