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-rw-r--r--Source/cmWriteFileCommand.cxx12
-rw-r--r--Source/cmWriteFileCommand.h6
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.cxx
index 7620b34..93ecd2d 100644
--- a/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.cxx
@@ -30,14 +30,22 @@ bool cmWriteFileCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsIn)
std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = args.begin();
std::string fileName = *i;
+ bool overwrite = true;
i++;
for(;i != args.end(); ++i)
{
- message += *i;
+ if ( *i == "APPEND" )
+ {
+ overwrite = false;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ message += *i;
+ }
}
- std::ofstream file(fileName.c_str(), std::ios::app);
+ std::ofstream file(fileName.c_str(), overwrite?std::ios::out : std::ios::app);
if ( !file )
{
cmSystemTools::Error("Internal CMake error when trying to open file: ",
diff --git a/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.h b/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.h
index 59b7ce4..5a07e3d 100644
--- a/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmWriteFileCommand.h
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ public:
virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
{
return
- "WRITE_FILE(filename \"message to write\"...)\n"
- "The first argument is the file name, the rest of the arguments are messages to write.";
+ "WRITE_FILE(filename \"message to write\"... [APPEND])\n"
+ "The first argument is the file name, the rest of the arguments are "
+ "messages to write. If the argument APPEND is specified, then "
+ "the message will be appended.";
}
cmTypeMacro(cmWriteFileCommand, cmCommand);