[CMake] file (GLOB) on linux with CMake 2.8

[Ryan Pavlik]

>> your directory to get a list of files, and do a "set(SOURCES)" command
>> and paste your file list in, or some similar technique.
>>
>> See this link for some info on why:
>> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:aux_source_directory
>>      
> Your technique (use ls) is no better than file(GLOB) because either way
> the logic is only run at CMake configure time which leads to CMake not
> knowing when it needs to regenerate your build files.
>
> The best practice (which I heartily recommend) is to hardcode the list
> of files into your CMakeLists.txt.
>
> tyler
>    
I meant to use "ls" when writing the cmakelists.txt file, not to have 
cmake itself run ls.  It's a "lazy coder" trick; running this command in 
a terminal :
ls *.cpp *.c *.h | sort

provides something I can copy and paste into my cmakelists.txt file, and 
update as I add new files.

Ryan

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