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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-01-27 13:59:10 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2021-01-27 13:59:16 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-if'
e63e83d2b8 Help: Document that if(EXISTS) does not expand ~ Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !5742
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@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ File Operations
``if(EXISTS path-to-file-or-directory)``
True if the named file or directory exists. Behavior is well-defined
- only for full paths. Resolves symbolic links, i.e. if the named file or
- directory is a symbolic link, returns true if the target of the
- symbolic link exists.
+ only for explicit full paths (a leading ``~/`` is not expanded as
+ a home directory and is considered a relative path).
+ Resolves symbolic links, i.e. if the named file or directory is a
+ symbolic link, returns true if the target of the symbolic link exists.
``if(file1 IS_NEWER_THAN file2)``
True if ``file1`` is newer than ``file2`` or if one of the two files doesn't