CMake: Stylistic changes and documentation tweaks

...for the contributed file and string TIMESTAMP sub-commands.

3 files changed, 33 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.h b/Source/cmFileCommand.h
index 5550dbe..5973fa7 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.h
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ public:
       "       [TLS_VERIFY on|off] [TLS_CAINFO file])\n"
       "  file(UPLOAD filename url [INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT timeout]\n"
       "       [TIMEOUT timeout] [STATUS status] [LOG log] [SHOW_PROGRESS])\n"
-      "  file(TIMESTAMP <filename> <output variable>"
-      "       [<format string>] [UTC])\n"
+      "  file(TIMESTAMP filename variable [<format string>] [UTC])\n"
       "WRITE will write a message into a file called 'filename'. It "
       "overwrites the file if it already exists, and creates the file "
       "if it does not exist. (If the file is a build input, use "
@@ -203,9 +202,9 @@ public:
       "as status messages until the operation is complete."
       "\n"
       "TIMESTAMP will write a string representation of "
-      "the modification time of <filename> to <output varaible>.\n"
+      "the modification time of filename to variable.\n"
       "Should the command be unable to obtain a timestamp "
-      "<output variable> will be set to the empty string \"\".\n"
+      "variable will be set to the empty string \"\".\n"
       "See documentation of the string TIMESTAMP sub-command for more details."
       "\n"
       "The file() command also provides COPY and INSTALL signatures:\n"
diff --git a/Source/cmStringCommand.h b/Source/cmStringCommand.h
index 7e0694e..4423a90 100644
--- a/Source/cmStringCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmStringCommand.h
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ public:
       "             by all regular expression-related commands, including \n"
       "             e.g. if( MATCHES ), in the variables CMAKE_MATCH_(0..9).\n"
       "TIMESTAMP will write a string representation of "
-      "the current date and/or time to <output variable>.\n"
+      "the current date and/or time to the output variable.\n"
       "Should the command be unable to obtain a timestamp "
-      "<output variable> will be set to the empty string \"\".\n"
+      "the output variable will be set to the empty string \"\".\n"
       "The optional UTC flag requests the current date/time "
       "representation to be in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) "
       "rather than local time.\n"
diff --git a/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx b/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx
index f1115e6..c3df495 100644
--- a/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx
@@ -21,62 +21,68 @@ std::string cmTimestamp::CurrentTime(
   const std::string& formatString, bool utcFlag)
 {
   time_t currentTimeT = time(0);
-  if(currentTimeT == time_t(-1)) return std::string();
+  if(currentTimeT == time_t(-1))
+    {
+    return std::string();
+    }
 
   return CreateTimestampFromTimeT(currentTimeT, formatString, utcFlag);
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string cmTimestamp::FileModificationTime(const char* path,
   const std::string& formatString, bool utcFlag)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  struct _stat info;
-  std::memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
-
-  if(_stat(path, &info) != 0)
-    return std::string();
-
-  time_t currentTimeT = info.st_mtime;
+  #define STAT _stat
 #else
-  struct stat info;
+  #define STAT stat
+#endif
+
+  struct STAT info;
   std::memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
 
-  if(stat(path, &info) != 0)
+  if(STAT(path, &info) != 0)
+    {
     return std::string();
+    }
 
-  time_t currentTimeT = info.st_mtime;
-#endif
-
-  return CreateTimestampFromTimeT(currentTimeT, formatString, utcFlag);
+  return CreateTimestampFromTimeT(info.st_mtime, formatString, utcFlag);
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string cmTimestamp::CreateTimestampFromTimeT(time_t timeT,
     std::string formatString, bool utcFlag)
 {
   if(formatString.empty())
     {
     formatString = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S";
-    if(utcFlag) formatString += "Z";
+    if(utcFlag)
+      {
+      formatString += "Z";
+      }
     }
 
   struct tm timeStruct;
   std::memset(&timeStruct, 0, sizeof(timeStruct));
 
+  struct tm* ptr = (struct tm*) 0;
   if(utcFlag)
     {
-  tm* ptr = gmtime(&timeT);
-  if(ptr == 0) return std::string();
-
-    timeStruct = *ptr;
+    ptr = gmtime(&timeT);
     }
   else
     {
-  struct tm* ptr = localtime(&timeT);
-  if(ptr == 0) return std::string();
+    ptr = localtime(&timeT);
+    }
 
-    timeStruct = *ptr;
+  if(ptr == 0)
+    {
+    return std::string();
     }
 
+  timeStruct = *ptr;
+
   std::string result;
   for(std::string::size_type i = 0; i < formatString.size(); ++i)
     {