Help: Add documentation for file(CREATE_LINK) subcommand

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Tushar Maheshwari
2018-12-27 20:59:51 +05:30
committed by Brad King
parent 81650e488c
commit 8bb7562f1a

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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Synopsis
file({`COPY`_ | `INSTALL`_} <file>... DESTINATION <dir> [...])
file(`SIZE`_ <filename> <out-var>)
file(`READ_SYMLINK`_ <filename> <out-var>)
file(`CREATE_LINK`_ <file> <new-file> [...])
`Path Conversion`_
file(`RELATIVE_PATH`_ <out-var> <directory> <file>)
@@ -368,6 +369,28 @@ could do something like this:
set(result "${dir}/${result}")
endif()
.. _CREATE_LINK:
.. code-block:: cmake
file(CREATE_LINK <file> <new-file>
[RESULT <result>] [COPY_ON_ERROR] [SYMBOLIC])
Create a link to ``<file>`` at ``<new-file>``.
It is a hard link by default. This can be changed to symbolic links by
using ``SYMBOLIC``. The original file needs to exist for hard links.
The ``<result>`` variable, if specified, gets the status of the operation.
It is set to ``0`` in case of success. Otherwise, it contains the error
generated. In case of failures, if ``RESULT`` is not specified, a fatal error
is emitted.
Specifying ``COPY_ON_ERROR`` enables copying the file as a fallback if
creating the link fails.
Overwrites the ``<new-file>`` if it exists.
Path Conversion
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^