[CMake] file( DOWNLOAD ) problem

[David Cole]

With file(DOWNLOAD, you should always use the EXPECTED_MD5 argument
(or EXPECTED_HASH with nightly CMake, or 2.8.10 or later) to verify success.

HTH,
David


On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm using the file( DOWNLOAD ) command to download some files from an
> FTP server. I notice that if I  put a completely invalid URL to a
> file, the destination file is still created in Windows with a size of
> 0 bytes. This tricks my logic into thinking the download was
> successful (since I only check if the destination file exists). Is
> this a bug or a feature? If it's a feature, what is a reliable way I
> can determine if the download succeeded?
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