On 10 November 2013 19:12, Witold E Wolski <wewol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looking at CMakeLists.txt and trying to anderstand... > > the project is: > PROJECT(LIBFBI) > > than there are variables within the the file such as > LIBFBI_BINARY_DIR > LIBFBI_SOURCE_DIR > > They seem not be set in this script nor in the included script. Does > cmake generates these variables? If so can anyone point me to where > this is documented?
In the documentation :-) http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.11/cmake.html#command:project """ Sets the name of the project. Additionally this sets the variables <projectName>_BINARY_DIR and <projectName>_SOURCE_DIR to the respective values. """ > And they are the same as CMAKE_BINARY_DIR , or CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR. > > So why one would use the ${PROJECT}_BINARY_DIR variables? i.e. when writing general purpose macros/functions, more generic scripts, etc. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
