[CMake] Running external programs

[Ryan Pavlik]

Look into "add_custom_command" - specifically the "post_build" option.

Ryan

On 04/08/2010 03:29 AM, Mika.Rajala at patria.fi wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to generate a license file for my application and install it with
> the NSIS package generated.
>
> To generate it I need to run a program with various command line arguments,
> one of which is a path to the compiled executable.
>
> <MetaCode>
>
> add_executable(MyApp .....)
>
> execute_process(LicenseApp "-f MyApp")
>
> install(MyApp)
> install(${Path_to_license_file_generated_by_LicenseApp})
>
> </MetaCode>
>
> How do i do that?
>
> The problem i have is that i need the MyApp target to be compiled before
> calling the execute_process.
>
> Is there a way i can do this with CMake?
>
> -mika
>
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