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authorKyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com>2023-02-08 20:10:41 (GMT)
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Help: Update $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS> docs to use cmake -E copy -t
The -t argument was added to support using $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS> in the case that no DLLs are needed. Update the documentation accordingly.
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
index 8bb9dde..c3e87d7 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
@@ -1673,8 +1673,8 @@ In the following, the phrase "the ``tgt`` filename" means the name of the
**On non-DLL platforms, this expression always evaluates to an empty string**.
This generator expression can be used to copy all of the DLLs that a target
- depends on into its output directory in a ``POST_BUILD`` custom command. For
- example:
+ depends on into its output directory in a ``POST_BUILD`` custom command using
+ the :option:`cmake -E copy -t <cmake-E copy>` command. For example:
.. code-block:: cmake
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ In the following, the phrase "the ``tgt`` filename" means the name of the
add_executable(exe main.c)
target_link_libraries(exe PRIVATE foo::foo foo::bar)
add_custom_command(TARGET exe POST_BUILD
- COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:exe> $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:exe>
+ COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy -t $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:exe> $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:exe>
COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
)