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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2017-08-04 13:16:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2017-08-04 13:16:46 (GMT) |
| commit | b745cb3e55298ab7d899e94ef2a89a59035874cb (patch) | |
| tree | 212bf024bb8e234f391aecd2ae8940b134054f7b /Help/command | |
| parent | 70c326f0f1c0ecabc2f8079e2fe3e8205347682b (diff) | |
| parent | d7472bbf16485e895753c01cc16b576eab823c7e (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'file_WRITE_docs'
d7472bbf file: Clarify directory creation behavior when using WRITE
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !1088
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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/file.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/file.rst b/Help/command/file.rst index 9cdce80..edccac5 100644 --- a/Help/command/file.rst +++ b/Help/command/file.rst @@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ File manipulation command. Write ``<content>`` into a file called ``<filename>``. If the file does not exist, it will be created. If the file already exists, ``WRITE`` mode will overwrite it and ``APPEND`` mode will append to the end. -(If the file is a build input, use the :command:`configure_file` command -to update the file only when its content changes.) +Any directories in the path specified by ``<filename>`` that do not +exist will be created. + +If the file is a build input, use the :command:`configure_file` command +to update the file only when its content changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |