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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2016-02-24 14:39:15 (GMT) |
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| committer | CMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2016-02-24 14:39:15 (GMT) |
| commit | 3cff48b1bbb37c9a48cae49ddea6effdb11bde73 (patch) | |
| tree | ae2110d73f407d9978f2398781b14d6469b9c900 /Help/manual/cmake.1.rst | |
| parent | 8f8418c68b92a05f0d030e36dd714dabc218b6b8 (diff) | |
| parent | b347503028a639103f27fcd2752b133993bb30ec (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'doc-cmake-E-details'
b3475030 Help: Clarify `cmake -E` command behavior with respect to file existence
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst index 959148e..5295a48c 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst @@ -200,16 +200,19 @@ Available commands are: ``make_directory <dir>...`` Create ``<dir>`` directories. If necessary, create parent - directories too. + directories too. If a directory already exists it will be + silently ignored. ``md5sum <file>...`` Compute md5sum of files. ``remove [-f] <file>...`` - Remove the file(s), use ``-f`` to force it. + Remove the file(s), use ``-f`` to force it. If a file does + not exist it will be silently ignored. ``remove_directory <dir>`` - Remove a directory and its contents. + Remove a directory and its contents. If a directory does + not exist it will be silently ignored. ``rename <oldname> <newname>`` Rename a file or directory (on one volume). @@ -242,7 +245,8 @@ Available commands are: Touch a file. ``touch_nocreate <file>`` - Touch a file if it exists but do not create it. + Touch a file if it exists but do not create it. If a file does + not exist it will be silently ignored. UNIX-specific Command-Line Tools -------------------------------- |