[CMake] jokers (*) in cmake -E echo

[James Bigler]

Try adding some escape slashes: \

"\/\*" or "\\/\\*"

I'm not sure how many escape slashes you need, since CMake tends to 
gobble them up (apply them) depending on what you are doing.

James

Mehdi Rabah wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have really simple problem but I can't find the solution :
> 
> ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND( OUTPUT ${SPEC_FILE}
>        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "/*" > echo.txt
> )
> 
> With this command, cmake generate, using VERBATIM or not, this text :
> 
> /bin /boot /cdrom /dev /etc /home /initrd /initrd.img /initrd.img.old /lib
> /local_home /lost+found /media /mnt /opt /proc /root /sbin /srv /sys /tmp
> /usr /var /vmlinuz /vmlinuz.old
> 
> What can I do to just echo  "/*" ?
> 
> In command line, I can just type
> cmake -E "/*"
> instead of
> cmake -E /*
> but within a cmake file I don't know how to do it.
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Mehdi Rabah
> 
> 
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