From d039f7414f9acc28ad1e51e775e888688f51a706 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Scott Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 07:21:40 +1000 Subject: Help: Clarify file(GENERATE) only writes output file at generation phase Closes: #16556 --- Help/command/file.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Help/command/file.rst b/Help/command/file.rst index 3e669c2..b2e4eea 100644 --- a/Help/command/file.rst +++ b/Help/command/file.rst @@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ Exactly one ``CONTENT`` or ``INPUT`` option must be given. A specific Generated files are modified on subsequent cmake runs only if their content is changed. +Note also that ``file(GENERATE)`` does not create the output file until the +generation phase. The output file will not yet have been written when the +``file(GENERATE)`` command returns, it is written only after processing all +of a project's ``CMakeLists.txt`` files. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: -- cgit v0.12