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authorCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2020-07-28 14:23:26 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2020-07-28 14:23:35 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'file-download-no-save'
fed7d8f76d file(DOWNLOAD): Make file argument optional Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !5060
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-rw-r--r--Help/command/file.rst15
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/file-download-optional-file.rst5
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/file.rst b/Help/command/file.rst
index 693c059..2cf938b 100644
--- a/Help/command/file.rst
+++ b/Help/command/file.rst
@@ -776,11 +776,14 @@ Transfer
.. code-block:: cmake
- file(DOWNLOAD <url> <file> [<options>...])
+ file(DOWNLOAD <url> [<file>] [<options>...])
file(UPLOAD <file> <url> [<options>...])
-The ``DOWNLOAD`` mode downloads the given ``<url>`` to a local ``<file>``.
-The ``UPLOAD`` mode uploads a local ``<file>`` to a given ``<url>``.
+The ``DOWNLOAD`` mode downloads the given ``<url>`` to a local ``<file>``. If
+``<file>`` is not specified for ``file(DOWNLOAD)``, the file is not saved. This
+can be useful if you want to know if a file can be downloaded (for example, to
+check that it exists) without actually saving it anywhere. The ``UPLOAD`` mode
+uploads a local ``<file>`` to a given ``<url>``.
Options to both ``DOWNLOAD`` and ``UPLOAD`` are:
@@ -853,10 +856,12 @@ Additional options to ``DOWNLOAD`` are:
Verify that the downloaded content hash matches the expected value, where
``ALGO`` is one of the algorithms supported by ``file(<HASH>)``.
- If it does not match, the operation fails with an error.
+ If it does not match, the operation fails with an error. It is an error to
+ specify this if ``DOWNLOAD`` is not given a ``<file>``.
``EXPECTED_MD5 <value>``
- Historical short-hand for ``EXPECTED_HASH MD5=<value>``.
+ Historical short-hand for ``EXPECTED_HASH MD5=<value>``. It is an error to
+ specify this if ``DOWNLOAD`` is not given a ``<file>``.
Locking
^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/file-download-optional-file.rst b/Help/release/dev/file-download-optional-file.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3dc24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/file-download-optional-file.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+file-download-optional-file
+---------------------------
+
+* The ``<file>`` argument is now optional for :command:`file(DOWNLOAD)`. If it
+ is not specified, the file is not saved.