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@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ default permissions for the installed file also include ``OWNER_EXECUTE``,
programs that are not targets, such as shell scripts. Use the ``TARGETS``
form to install targets built within the project.
+The list of ``files...`` given to ``FILES`` or ``PROGRAMS`` may use
+"generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the
+:manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions.
+However, if any item begins in a generator expression it must evaluate
+to a full path.
+
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