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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2015-05-08 13:28:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2015-05-08 13:29:05 (GMT) |
| commit | f39d26caa77525ee12b8f5fcb4932ebb642c970f (patch) | |
| tree | 0278a4fdf2f1a31d4eeca48a881a116c11172682 /Help/command/file.rst | |
| parent | 4566850bdd48c53997c5aea4489d5949c7d26b0b (diff) | |
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Help: Clarify file(COPY) directory semantics (#15561)
State explicitly that directory structure is preserved.
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diff --git a/Help/command/file.rst b/Help/command/file.rst index 2fe7414..bbddd40 100644 --- a/Help/command/file.rst +++ b/Help/command/file.rst @@ -313,8 +313,12 @@ preserves input file timestamps, and optimizes out a file if it exists at the destination with the same timestamp. Copying preserves input permissions unless explicit permissions or ``NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS`` are given (default is ``USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``). + See the :command:`install(DIRECTORY)` command for documentation of -permissions, ``PATTERN``, ``REGEX``, and ``EXCLUDE`` options. +permissions, ``FILES_MATCHING``, ``PATTERN``, ``REGEX``, and +``EXCLUDE`` options. Copying directories preserves the structure +of their content even if options are used to select a subset of +files. The ``INSTALL`` signature differs slightly from ``COPY``: it prints status messages (subject to the :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE` variable), |