As per CMake documentation your custom target should depend on the output of the custom command. So it should look more like this:
add_custom_command(OUTPUT foo.sqlite MAIN_DEPENDENCY foo.sql COMMAND "cat foo.sql | sqlite3 -batch foo.sqlite") add_custom_target(foo_sqlite DEPENDS foo.sqlite) HTH Guillaume On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:45 AM, Lev <leventel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear cmake users, > > > Could you please help me how to make cmake to produce a generic build > system? > > What I want to do is running simple shell command on files. Namely, I want > to > generate sqlite database from a sql file. It all works from the command > line, > I just can't figure out how to make cmake to do the right thing. > > I started to do something like this: > > add_custom_target(foo.sqlite foo.sql) > > add_custom_command(OUTPUT foo.sqlite > MAIN_DEPENDENCY foo.sql > COMMAND "cat foo.sql | > sqlite3 -batch foo.sqlite") > > but it doesn't do anything when I issue "make". > > Any help appreciated. > > Levente > > -- > 73 de HA5OGL > Op.: Levente > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake > -- Guillaume Dumont ========================= dumont.guilla...@gmail.com
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