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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2019-03-13 14:19:12 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2019-03-13 14:19:21 (GMT) |
| commit | 80b761b9244d5ab9047082be40ebeee256be95ef (patch) | |
| tree | b9e4f5ab3103102234a6edb0533d63bac8844823 /Help | |
| parent | 7b81b1c72c5885ac5ec8097ff8f15677e55d8f94 (diff) | |
| parent | da2e58893524414a84cde576a472293c4641fe8a (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'update-documentation'
da2e588935 cmake: Upgrade 'cmake -E' commands description
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !3089
Diffstat (limited to 'Help')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake.1.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst index e9a08b5..c5a3c88 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst @@ -390,16 +390,20 @@ Available commands are: Copy files to ``<destination>`` (either file or directory). If multiple files are specified, the ``<destination>`` must be directory and it must exist. Wildcards are not supported. + ``copy`` does follow symlinks. That means it does not copy symlinks, + but the files or directories it point to. ``copy_directory <dir>... <destination>`` Copy directories to ``<destination>`` directory. If ``<destination>`` directory does not exist it will be created. + ``copy_directory`` does follow symlinks. ``copy_if_different <file>... <destination>`` Copy files to ``<destination>`` (either file or directory) if they have changed. If multiple files are specified, the ``<destination>`` must be directory and it must exist. + ``copy_if_different`` does follow symlinks. ``echo [<string>...]`` Displays arguments as text. @@ -459,13 +463,16 @@ Available commands are: exist, the command returns a non-zero exit code, but no message is logged. The ``-f`` option changes the behavior to return a zero exit code (i.e. success) in such situations instead. + ``remove`` does not follow symlinks. That means it remove only symlinks + and not files it point to. ``remove_directory <dir>`` 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). + Rename a file or directory (on one volume). If file with the ``<newname>`` name + already exists, then it will be silently replaced. ``server`` Launch :manual:`cmake-server(7)` mode. @@ -494,10 +501,11 @@ Available commands are: ``time <command> [<args>...]`` Run command and display elapsed time. -``touch <file>`` - Touch a file. +``touch <file>...`` + Creates ``<file>`` if file do not exist. + If ``<file>`` exists, it is changing ``<file>`` access and modification times. -``touch_nocreate <file>`` +``touch_nocreate <file>...`` Touch a file if it exists but do not create it. If a file does not exist it will be silently ignored. |