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

[Michael Wild]

On 11. Oct, 2010, at 24:13 , Andreas Pakulat wrote:

> 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

My guess is he's trying to run the executable from his IDE using the "run" or "debug" button and wants to specify the working directory for that. AFAIK this is not possible...

Michael

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