Thanks Marc, I'll try that out! On 2 September 2016 at 17:13, CHEVRIER, Marc <marc.chevr...@sap.com> wrote:
> A more generic approach for cleanup actions is to add a new property which > enables to specify a cmake script. And, in the script, everyone is free to > do what he wants… > > Example: set_directory_properties (PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_SCRIPT > "my_clean_script.cmake") > > > > *From: *cmake-developers <cmake-developers-boun...@cmake.org> on behalf > of Steve Lorimer <steve.lori...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Friday 2 September 2016 at 01:32 > *To: *"cmake-developers@cmake.org" <cmake-developers@cmake.org> > *Subject: *[cmake-developers] Feature request: file globbing in > ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES > > > > As part of our build process we tag certain binary files with version > information such as git branch, number of commits, build variant etc. > > > > Eg, for a binary called "app" we could install a file in the local source > directory with the name "app.branch_foo.91.debug" > > > > The shell globbing pattern that matches is "app.*[0-9]*" > > > > I need a globbing pattern because the tag can change without the makefiles > changing, so the tag can't be hardcoded into the makefile. > > > > If I specify a globbing pattern for ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES it > specifies this as an actual file > > > > set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES > app.*[0-9]*) > > > > This results in > > > > file(REMOVE_RECURSE > > "../../../app/app.*[0-9]*" > > ... > > ) > > > > That doesn't work, because it's not a real file, it's a globbing pattern > > > > I've tried adding a nested file(GLOB ...) into the > set_directory_properties but that doesn't work either. > > > > Is this a feature worthy of addition? > > > > - the ability to specify a globbing pattern in > set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES > ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES ...)? > > - the ability to specify a globbing pattern in file(REMOVE_RECURSE ...)? > > > > TIA > > Steve >
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