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diff --git a/Help/command/exec_program.rst b/Help/command/exec_program.rst index aaa0dac..6dfdad3 100644 --- a/Help/command/exec_program.rst +++ b/Help/command/exec_program.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ exec_program ------------ -Deprecated. Use the execute_process() command instead. +Deprecated. Use the :command:`execute_process` command instead. Run an executable program during the processing of the CMakeList.txt file. @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ file. The executable is run in the optionally specified directory. The executable can include arguments if it is double quoted, but it is -better to use the optional ARGS argument to specify arguments to the +better to use the optional ``ARGS`` argument to specify arguments to the program. This is because cmake will then be able to escape spaces in -the executable path. An optional argument OUTPUT_VARIABLE specifies a +the executable path. An optional argument ``OUTPUT_VARIABLE`` specifies a variable in which to store the output. To capture the return value of -the execution, provide a RETURN_VALUE. If OUTPUT_VARIABLE is +the execution, provide a ``RETURN_VALUE``. If ``OUTPUT_VARIABLE`` is specified, then no output will go to the stdout/stderr of the console running cmake. |