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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.rst index 4c21d5e..c2a4a60 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.rst @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ----------------- -Path used for searching by FIND_XXX(), with appropriate suffixes added. +:ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` of directories specifying installation +*prefixes* to be searched by the :command:`find_package`, +:command:`find_program`, :command:`find_library`, :command:`find_file`, and +:command:`find_path` commands. Each command will add appropriate +subdirectories (like ``bin``, ``lib``, or ``include``) as specified in its own +documentation. -Specifies a path which will be used by the FIND_XXX() commands. It -contains the "base" directories, the FIND_XXX() commands append -appropriate subdirectories to the base directories. So FIND_PROGRAM() -adds /bin to each of the directories in the path, FIND_LIBRARY() -appends /lib to each of the directories, and FIND_PATH() and -FIND_FILE() append /include . By default it is empty, it is intended -to be set by the project. See also CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH, -CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH, CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH, CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH. +By default this is empty. It is intended to be set by the project. + +See also :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH`, :variable:`CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH`, +:variable:`CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH`, :variable:`CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH`, and +:variable:`CMAKE_IGNORE_PATH`. |