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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/get_source_file_property.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/get_target_property.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/get_test_property.rst | 12 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/get_source_file_property.rst b/Help/command/get_source_file_property.rst index e83e9c2..a7e5191 100644 --- a/Help/command/get_source_file_property.rst +++ b/Help/command/get_source_file_property.rst @@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ Get a property for a source file. [DIRECTORY <dir> | TARGET_DIRECTORY <target>] <property>) -Gets a property from a source file. The value of the property is -stored in the specified ``<variable>``. If the source property is not found, -the behavior depends on whether it has been defined to be an ``INHERITED`` -property or not (see :command:`define_property`). Non-inherited properties -will set ``variable`` to ``NOTFOUND``, whereas inherited properties will search -the relevant parent scope as described for the :command:`define_property` -command and if still unable to find the property, ``variable`` will be set to -an empty string. +Gets a property from a source file. The value of the property is stored in +the specified ``<variable>``. If the ``<file>`` is not a source file, or the +source property is not found, ``<variable>`` will be set to ``NOTFOUND``. +If the source property was defined to be an ``INHERITED`` property (see +:command:`define_property`), the search will include the relevant parent +scopes, as described for the :command:`define_property` command. By default, the source file's property will be read from the current source directory's scope. diff --git a/Help/command/get_target_property.rst b/Help/command/get_target_property.rst index f4135cf..1554a85 100644 --- a/Help/command/get_target_property.rst +++ b/Help/command/get_target_property.rst @@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ Get a property from a target. get_target_property(<variable> <target> <property>) Get a property from a target. The value of the property is stored in the -specified ``<variable>``. If the target property is not found, the behavior -depends on whether it has been defined to be an ``INHERITED`` property -or not (see :command:`define_property`). Non-inherited properties will set -``<variable>`` to ``<variable>-NOTFOUND``, whereas inherited properties will -search the relevant parent scope as described for the :command:`define_property` -command and if still unable to find the property, ``<variable>`` will be set to -an empty string. +specified ``<variable>``. If the target property is not found, ``<variable>`` +will be set to ``<variable>-NOTFOUND``. If the target property was defined to +be an ``INHERITED`` property (see :command:`define_property`), the search will +include the relevant parent scopes, as described for the +:command:`define_property` command. Use :command:`set_target_properties` to set target property values. Properties are usually used to control how a target is built, but some diff --git a/Help/command/get_test_property.rst b/Help/command/get_test_property.rst index 866894d..3f1a64c 100644 --- a/Help/command/get_test_property.rst +++ b/Help/command/get_test_property.rst @@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ Get a property of the test. get_test_property(<test> <property> [DIRECTORY <dir>] <variable>) Get a property from the test. The value of the property is stored in -the specified ``<variable>``. If the test property is not found, the behavior -depends on whether it has been defined to be an ``INHERITED`` property -or not (see :command:`define_property`). Non-inherited properties will set -``<variable>`` to ``NOTFOUND``, whereas inherited properties will search the -relevant parent scope as described for the :command:`define_property` -command and if still unable to find the property, ``<variable>`` will be set to -an empty string. +the specified ``<variable>``. If the ``<test>`` is not defined, or the +test property is not found, ``<variable>`` will be set to ``NOTFOUND``. +If the test property was defined to be an ``INHERITED`` property (see +:command:`define_property`), the search will include the relevant parent +scopes, as described for the :command:`define_property` command. For a list of standard properties you can type :option:`cmake --help-property-list`. |