[CMake] EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH vs RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY

[Michael Wild]

On 07/22/2011 03:46 PM, pellegrini wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I use CMake 2.8.4, Fortran 90 and Intel compiler to build an executable.
> I read in the documentation that
> RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY supercedes the old EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH command.
> 
> When using:
> 
>    add_executable(myexec ${source_files})
>    set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH mydir)
> 
> I can find my executable in mydir but when using
> 
>    add_executable(myexec ${source_files})
>    set(RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY mydir)
> 
> nothing appears in mydir. Did I miss something when reading the doc ?
> 
> I would have an additional question concerning both commands. Anytime I
> build my project the following files are created alongside my executable:
> 
>    - myexec.exe.embed.manifest
>    - myexec.exe.embed.manifest.res
>    - myexec.exe.intermediate.manifest
>    - myexec.exe.resource.txt
>    - myexec.ilk
> 
> is there a way to get rid of these files ?
> 
> thanks a lot
> 
> Eric
> 
> 

RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY is a *property*, not a variable. If you want to
set a variable, use CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.

HTH

Michael