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@@ -776,11 +776,14 @@ Transfer
.. code-block:: cmake
- file(DOWNLOAD <url> <file> [<options>...])
+ file(DOWNLOAD <url> [<file>] [<options>...])
file(UPLOAD <file> <url> [<options>...])
-The ``DOWNLOAD`` mode downloads the given ``<url>`` to a local ``<file>``.
-The ``UPLOAD`` mode uploads a local ``<file>`` to a given ``<url>``.
+The ``DOWNLOAD`` mode downloads the given ``<url>`` to a local ``<file>``. If
+``<file>`` is not specified for ``file(DOWNLOAD)``, the file is not saved. This
+can be useful if you want to know if a file can be downloaded (for example, to
+check that it exists) without actually saving it anywhere. The ``UPLOAD`` mode
+uploads a local ``<file>`` to a given ``<url>``.
Options to both ``DOWNLOAD`` and ``UPLOAD`` are:
@@ -853,10 +856,12 @@ Additional options to ``DOWNLOAD`` are:
Verify that the downloaded content hash matches the expected value, where
``ALGO`` is one of the algorithms supported by ``file(<HASH>)``.
- If it does not match, the operation fails with an error.
+ If it does not match, the operation fails with an error. It is an error to
+ specify this if ``DOWNLOAD`` is not given a ``<file>``.
``EXPECTED_MD5 <value>``
- Historical short-hand for ``EXPECTED_HASH MD5=<value>``.
+ Historical short-hand for ``EXPECTED_HASH MD5=<value>``. It is an error to
+ specify this if ``DOWNLOAD`` is not given a ``<file>``.
Locking
^^^^^^^