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Brad King f2daa025e3 {get,set}_property: Add support for referencing binary directories
Index directories by their binary directory path in addition to their
source directory path.

Fixes: #19262
2020-09-23 09:25:42 -04:00

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get_directory_property
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Get a property of ``DIRECTORY`` scope.
.. code-block:: cmake
get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>] <prop-name>)
Stores a property of directory scope in the named ``<variable>``.
The ``DIRECTORY`` argument specifies another directory from which
to retrieve the property value instead of the current directory.
It may reference either a source directory, or since CMake 3.19,
a binary directory. Relative paths are treated as relative to the
current source directory. CMake must already know about the directory,
either by having added it through a call to :command:`add_subdirectory`
or being the top level directory.
If the property is not defined for the nominated directory scope,
an empty string is returned. In the case of ``INHERITED`` properties,
if the property is not found for the nominated directory scope,
the search will chain to a parent scope as described for the
:command:`define_property` command.
.. code-block:: cmake
get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>]
DEFINITION <var-name>)
Get a variable definition from a directory. This form is useful to
get a variable definition from another directory.
See also the more general :command:`get_property` command.