[CMake] How to find out the compiler directory?

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Sunday 30 December 2007, Steven Van Ingelgem wrote:
> Very true indeed, but that was not the point of me asking the question.
>
> The point is that CMake knows somehow where the compiler is (it's not
> in the path), but it doesn't allow me to make use of that knowledge.
>
> For instance I want to use the assembler, but I (as a program) don't
> know where it is (I as a person do of course). I know it's in the same
> dir as "cl", but no variable tells me where "cl" is...

I think cmake doesn't know.
Are you using the makefile generator or the MSVC generator ?
In both cases it's not required.
FIND_PRGRAM(CL_EXE cl) doesn't work ?
It should (otherwise the environment doesn't seem to be set up as required, 
but I'm no expert on the Windows side).

Alex