[CMake] FILE command working

[Johny]

On 07/09/2010 01:27 PM, David Cole wrote:
> Are some of the lines empty by any chance?
>
> Empty elements are not iterated in a foreach of a list.
>
> Nor (I would expect, I have not verified) is an empty string 
> considered a string for reporting by file(STRINGS ...
>
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:24 AM, Johny <Johny.Jose at cern.ch 
> <mailto:Johny.Jose at cern.ch>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I was working with the FILE(STRINGS filename lineList) and i
>     discovered that i end up getting a list which has a lesser number
>     of strings than the actual lines in the file. However this happens
>     with only some files, i went through those but they seem to be
>     regular files. When i count the no of new lines in the files i get
>     the correct no of lines for the file.
>
>     This has led me to believe that the FILE strings command is at
>     fault somehow. How does it work?
>
>     Cheers!
>     Johny
>
>
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Is'nt an empty line a newline character ? if thats it then the file in 
question has plenty of them. I guess thats the reason then.

Cheers!
Johny
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