[CMake] Add_custom_target copying files

[Michael Jackson]

Not sure, it should work.

Try changing POST_BUILD to PRE_BUILD and see what happens.

also try printing the variable ${${inputPo}}

message(STATUS "${inputPo}: ${${inputPo}}")
message(STATUS "inputPo: ${inputPo}")

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio



On Feb 15, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote:

> A Diumenge 15 Febrer 2009, Michael Jackson va escriure:
>> Here is a code snippet from a project that I use that copies some
>> files to the build directory.
>
> Thanks,
>
> but my modified version doesn't work and I don't know what's  
> happen ....
>
>
> macro (GETTEXT_UPDATE_LANG_PO dirOUTpo inputPo )
>
>   #message (STATUS "Calling the macro to copy files to ${dirOUTpo}\n")
>   foreach ( _file ${${inputPo}} )
>    get_filename_component(_fdest ${_file} NAME)
>    set(dest ${dirOUTpo}/${_fdest})
>    message (STATUS "Copying ${_file} to ${dest} \n")
>    add_custom_command (
>      TARGET     update_lang_po
>      POST_BUILD
>      COMMAND    ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
>      ARGS       -E copy_if_different
>      ${_file} ${dest})
>      #copy_if_different
>   endforeach(_file ${${inputPo}})
> endmacro (GETTEXT_UPDATE_LANG_PO dirOUTpo inputPo)
>
> I call this macro with a inputPo, a list of files and dirOUTpo a var  
> with a
> value.
>
> The message status shows the correct values, but no copy is done.
> Any idea?
>
> I simple execute make update_lang_po, but nothing is copied ...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Leo
>
>
>
>
>
>> #-- Copy all the HDF5 files from the test directory into the build
>> directory
>> SET (HDF5_REFERENCE_TEST_FILES
>>   tnullspace.h5
>>   family_v1.7_00003.h5
>>   family_v1.7_00001.h5
>>   mergemsg.h5
>>   tbogus.h5
>>   tbad_msg_count.h5
>>   group_new.h5
>>   deflate.h5
>>   noencoder.h5
>>   family_v1.7_00000.h5
>>   le_extlink1.h5
>>   tmtimeo.h5
>>   tmtimen.h5
>>   fill_old.h5
>>   tlayouto.h5
>>   family_v1.7_00002.h5
>>   th5s.h5
>>   tarrold.h5
>> )
>>
>> FOREACH ( h5_file ${HDF5_REFERENCE_TEST_FILES} )
>>    SET (dest "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${h5_file}")
>>    MESSAGE(STATUS " Copying ${dest}")
>>    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND (
>>      TARGET     ${HDF5_TEST_LIB_NAME}
>>      POST_BUILD
>>      COMMAND    ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
>>      ARGS       -E copy_if_different ${HDF5_TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/$
>> {h5_file} ${dest}
>>      )
>>
>> ENDFOREACH ( h5_file ${HDF5_REFERENCE_TEST_FILES} )
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
>> BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
>> Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio
>>
>> On Feb 15, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to create a custom target that copy "several" files
>>> (one, two or
>>> n files, but at least one) to a directory. I know how to do it with
>>> one file:
>>>
>>> add_custom_target(my_copy_target
>>> ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${_inputfile} ${dirOUT}/)
>>>
>>> but, I really don't know how to do it with a list of files.
>>>
>>> Someone could help me?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Leo
>>>
>>>
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