[CMake] CMake: Problem with reading files with semicolons

[wedekind]

Hi all,

a quick question for CMake-gurus: Why do all semicolons disappear after
reading a file using

FILE(READ c:/some/file.txt TheFile)

???

If I print the output variable TheFile like this:

MESSAGE(${TheFile})

it is missing all semicolons! That is destroying my source files while I am
about to add something to them before a build...

Any idea how I can successfully read a file (with semicolons) and write it
back with some changes?

Thanks for any hint or suggestion

Marco