Hi! The simple CMakeLists.txt cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) project(foo) enable_testing() add_test(NAME bar COMMAND cmd /c echo hello)
fails for me when run on Windows 7 64 bit (only platform I've tried) with ctest 2.8.12 or 2.8.11. "ctest -V -C Debug" outputs ... test 1 Start 1: bar 1: Test command: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe "/c" "echo" "hello" 1: Test timeout computed to be: 9.99988e+006 1: The syntax of the command is incorrect. 1/1 Test #1: bar ..............................***Failed 0.07 sec Watching with ProcessMonitor, the only funky business I can see is that ctest uses forward slashes in the path it passes to CreateProcess. Trying this with a little C program shows that, yes, cmd.exe outputs "The syntax of the command is incorrect" if run with CreateProcess( NULL, "c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe /c echo hi", ...) but executes properly if run with CreateProcess( NULL, "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe /c echo hi", ...) The obvious workaround is... just use a bat file without mentioning cmd at all: cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) project(foo) enable_testing() add_test(NAME bar COMMAND foobar.bat) If you forget to do chmod +x foobar.bat first, it'll fail with "***Not Run". The only reason I'm posting this is because I forgot to do the chmod +x, and tried using cmd directly without a batch file as a minimal test case. Bit of a detour :-) - Dan -- 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://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake