[CMake] configure_file: escaping (single) quotes

[J Decker]

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 1:29 AM, J Decker <d3ck0r at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 1:24 AM, Franck Houssen <franck.houssen at inria.fr>
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>> Hello,
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>> I need configure_file to produce a bash file containing this line:
>> VAR="${VAR//*'*#*'*/}"
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> maybe
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> VAR="$" "{VAR//*'*#*'*/}"
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Oh nevermind I was doing that sort of thing using FILE( APPEND ... )


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>> I tried without success VAR="${VAR//*'*#*'*/}" and VAR="${VAR//*\'*#*\'*/}"
>> with and without ESCAPE_QUOTES in configure_file : always get an error
>> like "Syntax error in cmake code when parsing string".
>> Not a bash guru, and, can't get if the problem comes from bash or
>> cmake... Can somebody help on this ?
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>> Franck
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