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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/LOCATION.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/LOCATION.rst index 16d5696..d058064 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/LOCATION.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/LOCATION.rst @@ -4,24 +4,25 @@ LOCATION Read-only location of a target on disk. For an imported target, this read-only property returns the value of -the LOCATION_<CONFIG> property for an unspecified configuration -<CONFIG> provided by the target. +the ``LOCATION_<CONFIG>`` property for an unspecified configuration +``<CONFIG>`` provided by the target. For a non-imported target, this property is provided for compatibility with CMake 2.4 and below. It was meant to get the location of an -executable target's output file for use in add_custom_command. The +executable target's output file for use in :command:`add_custom_command`. The path may contain a build-system-specific portion that is replaced at build time with the configuration getting built (such as -"$(ConfigurationName)" in VS). In CMake 2.6 and above -add_custom_command automatically recognizes a target name in its -COMMAND and DEPENDS options and computes the target location. In -CMake 2.8.4 and above add_custom_command recognizes generator -expressions to refer to target locations anywhere in the command. +``$(ConfigurationName)`` in VS). In CMake 2.6 and above +:command:`add_custom_command` automatically recognizes a target name in its +``COMMAND`` and ``DEPENDS`` options and computes the target location. In +CMake 2.8.4 and above :command:`add_custom_command` recognizes +:manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>` +to refer to target locations anywhere in the command. Therefore this property is not needed for creating custom commands. Do not set properties that affect the location of a target after reading this property. These include properties whose names match -"(RUNTIME|LIBRARY|ARCHIVE)_OUTPUT_(NAME|DIRECTORY)(_<CONFIG>)?", +``(RUNTIME|LIBRARY|ARCHIVE)_OUTPUT_(NAME|DIRECTORY)(_<CONFIG>)?``, ``(IMPLIB_)?(PREFIX|SUFFIX)``, or "LINKER_LANGUAGE". Failure to follow this rule is not diagnosed and leaves the location of the target undefined. |