[CMake] FILE command working

[David Cole]

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> 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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