[CMake] add_custom_target: COMMAND embedded make code

[David Lind]

I would like to create a custom target to run UnitTest++ based unit tests that has builtin default parameters.

For example:
    make unit_test verbose=1 xml-output=1 run=test_name suite=suite_name

The actual parameters passed to the unit_test are:
    unit_test --verbose --xml-output --run=test_name --suite=suite_name

I would prefer NOT to call a shell script but rather have the intelligence in the COMMAND itself.

Here’s what I’ve done:

    add_custom_target(${PROJECT_NAME}_run
        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target} "$(if $(verbose), --verbose)" "$(if $(run), --run=$(run))" "$(if $(suite), --suite=$(suite))" "$(if $(xml-output), --xml-output)" \${PARAMS}
        DEPENDS ${target}
    )

What ends up in build.make is this:
    …/unit_test $(if\ $(verbose),\ --verbose) $(if\ $(xml-output),\ --xml-output) $(if\ $(run),\ --run=$(run)) $(if\ $(suite),\ --suite=$(suite))

This would work great if CMake didn’t put ‘\’ characters in build.cmake. I can only assume it’s escaping the spaces within the quotes.

If I don’t use quotes in the COMMAND value I get this:
    $ ( if $(verbose), --verbose )

Is there a way to format the COMMAND value so CMake doesn’t escape the spaces?

I’m using CMake version 3.7.2

—Dave
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