[CMake] how to define current working directory of command line tool

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 10.10.10 21:41:05, Jochen Wilhelmy wrote:
> >>Hi!
> >>
> >>Is it possible to define the current working directory of a command line
> >>tool
> >>that is built with cmake? since the build is usually out-of-source I have
> >>to set the current working directory in the ide, e.g visual studio or
> >>xcode. more convenient would be to set it in cmake.
> >
> >Do you mean in add_custom_command()/add_custom_target() ?
> >Both have an optional WORKING_DIRECTORY argument.
> no, i mean add_executable. when I build and start the directory I'd
> like to set the
> working directory that the executable is started in.

add_executable doesn't run any executable, hence setting a working-dir
doesn't make any sense. What exactly are you trying to achieve?

Andreas

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