ENH: Adding new EXECUTE_PROCESS command that interfaces to KWSys Process Execution.

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+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   CMake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator
+  Module:    $RCSfile$
+  Language:  C++
+  Date:      $Date$
+  Version:   $Revision$
+
+  Copyright (c) 2002 Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium.  All rights reserved.
+  See Copyright.txt or http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Copyright.html for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#ifndef cmExecuteProcessCommand_h
+#define cmExecuteProcessCommand_h
+
+#include "cmCommand.h"
+
+/** \class cmExecuteProcessCommand
+ * \brief Command that adds a target to the build system.
+ *
+ * cmExecuteProcessCommand is a CMake language interface to the KWSys
+ * Process Execution implementation.
+ */
+class cmExecuteProcessCommand : public cmCommand
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
+   */
+  virtual cmCommand* Clone()
+    {
+    return new cmExecuteProcessCommand;
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * This is called when the command is first encountered in
+   * the CMakeLists.txt file.
+   */
+  virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetName()
+    {return "EXECUTE_PROCESS";}
+
+  /**
+   * This determines if the command is invoked when in script mode.
+   */
+  virtual bool IsScriptable() { return true; }
+
+  /**
+   * Succinct documentation.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
+    {
+    return "Execute one or more child processes.";
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * More documentation.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
+    {
+    return
+      "  EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND <cmd1> [args1...]]\n"
+      "                  [COMMAND <cmd2> [args2...] [...]]\n"
+      "                  [WORKING_DIRECTORY <directory>]\n"
+      "                  [TIMEOUT <seconds>]\n"
+      "                  [RESULT_VARIABLE <variable>]\n"
+      "                  [OUTPUT_VARIABLE <variable>]\n"
+      "                  [ERROR_VARIABLE <variable>]\n"
+      "                  [INPUT_FILE <file>]\n"
+      "                  [OUTPUT_FILE <file>]\n"
+      "                  [ERROR_FILE <file>]\n"
+      "                  [OUTPUT_QUIET]\n"
+      "                  [ERROR_QUIET])\n"
+      "Runs the given sequence of one or more commands with the standard "
+      "output of each process piped to the standard input of the next.  "
+      "A single standard error pipe is used for all processes.  "
+      "If WORKING_DIRECTORY is given the named directory will be set as "
+      "the current working directory of the child processes.  "
+      "If TIMEOUT is given the child processes will be terminated if they "
+      "do not finish in the specified number of seconds "
+      "(fractions are allowed).  "
+      "If RESULT_VARIABLE is given the variable will be set to contain "
+      "the result of running the processes.  This will be an integer return "
+      "code from the last child or a string describing an error condition.  "
+      "If OUTPUT_VARIABLE or ERROR_VARIABLE are given the variable named "
+      "will be set with the contents of the standard output and standard error "
+      "pipes respectively.  If the same variable is named for both pipes "
+      "their output will be merged in the order produced.  "
+      "If INPUT_FILE, OUTPUT_FILE, or ERROR_FILE is given the file named "
+      "will be attached to the standard input of the first process, "
+      "standard output of the last process, or standard error of all "
+      "processes respectively.  "
+      "If OUTPUT_QUIET or ERROR_QUIET is given then the standard output "
+      "or standard error results will be quietly ignored.  "
+      "If more than one OUTPUT_* or ERROR_* option is given for the same "
+      "pipe the precedence is not specified.  "
+      "If no OUTPUT_* or ERROR_* options are given the output will be shared "
+      "with the corresponding pipes of the CMake process itself."
+      ;
+    }
+
+  cmTypeMacro(cmExecuteProcessCommand, cmCommand);
+};
+
+#endif