You can use file(GLOB variable [RELATIVE path] [globbing expression] ...)
file( GLOB result ${first_build_dir} "filea*.lib")
Result will contain a list of files that match the globbing expression.
Enjoy!
Keith
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
katie outram
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CMake] Find a library that matches a specific pattern
I have a build that depends on the output from another build. We can't
combine the code into one build due to other issues.
I need to get cmake to pass the values of the libraries I want to link against.
I have worked out a find script for my second build that allows me to use
the find_library command to pull the .lib file that I'm looking for.
However, I must force the user to specify the specific name of the library and
I need to avoid this and just be able to pick up the value if the name passes
validation and the version is any number since ultimately this whole process
will be automated and I don't want to have to worry about specifying version
numbers.
My first build creates a directory
* build
* win64
* VC10
* bin
* Release
* filea1231.1.1.1.lib
* fileb2341.1.1.1.lib
* filec3451.1.1.1.lib
For the second build I force the user to tell me the path of the build
directory (i.e. C:\build\win64\VC10\bin\Release and assign this to a value of
first_build_dir)
I then have a find script where I am trying to find the library (i.e.
filea1231.1.1.1)
set (file_name filea1231.1.1.1)
find_library(my_library
name ${file_name}
PATHS ${first_build_dir}
)
The problem I have is that the filea1231.1.1.1 might change for the next build
(i.e filea1231.1.1.2). There is only one file named filea so I'd like to be
able to search for filea*.lib no matter what the versioning information
contains.
I thought I needed to go down the path of using a string(regex
match([filea0-9]+\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9<file:///\\.[0-9]\.%5b0-9>] file_name)
however I can't figure out how to make this work in my current situation.
I then went down the path of trying the file(strings filea*.lib file_name)
option but it returned my ${first_build_dir} path
I'm looking for suggestions on how to handle pulling the changing file name
within cmake for use at anytime.
Thanks
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