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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2009-09-16 19:09:42 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2009-09-16 19:09:42 (GMT)
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Teach configure_file to handle directory names
This commit teaches configure_file how to handle directories for input and output. It is an error if the input is a directory. If the output is a directory we put the configured copy of the input file in it with the same name. See issue #9537.
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@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ public:
"values referenced in the file content. "
"If <input> is a relative path it is evaluated with respect to "
"the current source directory. "
+ "The <input> must be a file, not a directory. "
"If <output> is a relative path it is evaluated with respect to "
"the current binary directory. "
+ "If <output> names an existing directory the input file is placed "
+ "in that directory with its original name. "
"\n"
"This command replaces any variables in the input file referenced as "
"${VAR} or @VAR@ with their values as determined by CMake. If a "