My expectation from the documentation was that runtime output directories are initialized to CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, but I took that to mean they could be overridden.
In the code below I attempt to set the RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY property to ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} for some tests. The global CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY is set to /build/bin which I wanted to reserve for executables. The "requested" message() points correctly to the directory I expected. The "actual" message() points to CMAKE_PROJECT_BINARY_DIR. ... is what I am attempting even possible? Thanks --Eli macro( make_test testname) add_executable(${testname} "${testname}.F90") message(STATUS "The requested outdir is: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}") set_target_properties(${testmame} PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ) get_target_property(outdir ${testname} RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY) message(STATUS "The actual outdir is: ${outdir}") add_test(${testname} "${MAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${testname}" ) endmacro() foreach(testname test_a test_b) make_test(${testname}) endforeach() -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake