2011/4/23 YangXi <jianding...@msn.com>:
> In my program, I have several pictures and plain-text data files. Usually in
> a unix system, they should be placed on /usr/share/my_program/some_place.
> How could I define those files in CMakeLists, and make their location known
> by the program?
> Thanks!

first define the prefix in CMake so you can use it in your C program.
add_definitions(-DPREFIX="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")

the C program can then add the rest of the path "share/my_program/some_place"

You'll also want to install this file so its copied on "make install"


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- Campbell
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