Help: Organize file command docs into sections

Add a synopsis section at the top summarizing all signatures.

Issue: #17948
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Brad King
2018-05-04 09:12:07 -04:00
parent 51c0e1407c
commit 08b4ea639c

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@@ -3,7 +3,44 @@ file
File manipulation command.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Synopsis
^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
`Reading`_
file(`READ`_ <filename> <out-var> [...])
file(`STRINGS`_ <filename> <out-var> [...])
file(`\<HASH\> <HASH_>`_ <filename> <out-var>)
file(`TIMESTAMP`_ <filename> <out-var> [...])
`Writing`_
file({`WRITE`_ | `APPEND`_} <filename> <content>...)
file({`TOUCH`_ | `TOUCH_NOCREATE`_} [<file>...])
file(`GENERATE`_ OUTPUT <output-file> [...])
`Filesystem`_
file({`GLOB`_ | `GLOB_RECURSE`_} <out-var> [...] [<globbing-expr>...])
file(`RENAME`_ <oldname> <newname>)
file({`REMOVE`_ | `REMOVE_RECURSE`_ } [<files>...])
file(`MAKE_DIRECTORY`_ [<dir>...])
file({`COPY`_ | `INSTALL`_} <file>... DESTINATION <dir> [...])
`Path Conversion`_
file(`RELATIVE_PATH`_ <out-var> <directory> <file>)
file({`TO_CMAKE_PATH`_ | `TO_NATIVE_PATH`_} <path> <out-var>)
`Transfer`_
file(`DOWNLOAD`_ <url> <file> [...])
file(`UPLOAD`_ <file> <url> [...])
`Locking`_
file(`LOCK`_ <path> [...])
Reading
^^^^^^^
.. _READ:
::
@@ -15,7 +52,7 @@ Read content from a file called ``<filename>`` and store it in a
read at most ``<max-in>`` bytes. The ``HEX`` option causes data to
be converted to a hexadecimal representation (useful for binary data).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _STRINGS:
::
@@ -66,7 +103,7 @@ For example, the code
stores a list in the variable ``myfile`` in which each item is a line
from the input file.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _HASH:
::
@@ -77,7 +114,7 @@ store it in a ``<variable>``. The supported ``<HASH>`` algorithm names
are those listed by the :ref:`string(\<HASH\>) <Supported Hash Algorithms>`
command.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _TIMESTAMP:
::
@@ -90,7 +127,11 @@ timestamp variable will be set to the empty string ("").
See the :command:`string(TIMESTAMP)` command for documentation of
the ``<format>`` and ``UTC`` options.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Writing
^^^^^^^
.. _WRITE:
.. _APPEND:
::
@@ -106,7 +147,8 @@ exist will be created.
If the file is a build input, use the :command:`configure_file` command
to update the file only when its content changes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _TOUCH:
.. _TOUCH_NOCREATE:
::
@@ -123,7 +165,7 @@ does not exist it will be silently ignored.
With TOUCH and TOUCH_NOCREATE the contents of an existing file will not be
modified.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _GENERATE:
::
@@ -169,7 +211,11 @@ 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filesystem
^^^^^^^^^^
.. _GLOB:
.. _GLOB_RECURSE:
::
@@ -224,7 +270,7 @@ Examples of recursive globbing include::
/dir/*.py - match all python files in /dir and subdirectories
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _RENAME:
::
@@ -233,7 +279,8 @@ Examples of recursive globbing include::
Move a file or directory within a filesystem from ``<oldname>`` to
``<newname>``, replacing the destination atomically.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _REMOVE:
.. _REMOVE_RECURSE:
::
@@ -244,7 +291,7 @@ Remove the given files. The ``REMOVE_RECURSE`` mode will remove the given
files and directories, also non-empty directories. No error is emitted if a
given file does not exist.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _MAKE_DIRECTORY:
::
@@ -252,7 +299,8 @@ given file does not exist.
Create the given directories and their parents as needed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _COPY:
.. _INSTALL:
::
@@ -285,7 +333,10 @@ and ``NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS`` is default.
Installation scripts generated by the :command:`install` command
use this signature (with some undocumented options for internal use).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Path Conversion
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. _RELATIVE_PATH:
::
@@ -294,7 +345,8 @@ use this signature (with some undocumented options for internal use).
Compute the relative path from a ``<directory>`` to a ``<file>`` and
store it in the ``<variable>``.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _TO_CMAKE_PATH:
.. _TO_NATIVE_PATH:
::
@@ -312,7 +364,11 @@ path with platform-specific slashes (``\`` on Windows and ``/`` elsewhere).
Always use double quotes around the ``<path>`` to be sure it is treated
as a single argument to this command.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transfer
^^^^^^^^
.. _DOWNLOAD:
.. _UPLOAD:
::
@@ -399,7 +455,10 @@ check certificates and/or use ``EXPECTED_HASH`` to verify downloaded content.
If neither ``TLS`` option is given CMake will check variables
``CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY`` and ``CMAKE_TLS_CAINFO``, respectively.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Locking
^^^^^^^
.. _LOCK:
::