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diff --git a/share/cmake-3.5/Help/command/file.rst b/share/cmake-3.5/Help/command/file.rst new file mode 100755 index 0000000..96ac6c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/cmake-3.5/Help/command/file.rst @@ -0,0 +1,358 @@ +file +---- + +File manipulation command. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(WRITE <filename> <content>...) + file(APPEND <filename> <content>...) + +Write ``<content>`` into a file called ``<filename>``. If the file does +not exist, it will be created. If the file already exists, ``WRITE`` +mode will overwrite it and ``APPEND`` mode will append to the end. +(If the file is a build input, use the :command:`configure_file` command +to update the file only when its content changes.) + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(READ <filename> <variable> + [OFFSET <offset>] [LIMIT <max-in>] [HEX]) + +Read content from a file called ``<filename>`` and store it in a +``<variable>``. Optionally start from the given ``<offset>`` and +read at most ``<max-in>`` bytes. The ``HEX`` option causes data to +be converted to a hexadecimal representation (useful for binary data). + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(STRINGS <filename> <variable> [<options>...]) + +Parse a list of ASCII strings from ``<filename>`` and store it in +``<variable>``. Binary data in the file are ignored. Carriage return +(``\r``, CR) characters are ignored. The options are: + +``LENGTH_MAXIMUM <max-len>`` + Consider only strings of at most a given length. + +``LENGTH_MINIMUM <min-len>`` + Consider only strings of at least a given length. + +``LIMIT_COUNT <max-num>`` + Limit the number of distinct strings to be extracted. + +``LIMIT_INPUT <max-in>`` + Limit the number of input bytes to read from the file. + +``LIMIT_OUTPUT <max-out>`` + Limit the number of total bytes to store in the ``<variable>``. + +``NEWLINE_CONSUME`` + Treat newline characters (``\n``, LF) as part of string content + instead of terminating at them. + +``NO_HEX_CONVERSION`` + Intel Hex and Motorola S-record files are automatically converted to + binary while reading unless this option is given. + +``REGEX <regex>`` + Consider only strings that match the given regular expression. + +``ENCODING <encoding-type>`` + Consider strings of a given encoding. Currently supported encodings are: + UTF-8, UTF-16LE, UTF-16BE, UTF-32LE, UTF-32BE. If the ENCODING option + is not provided and the file has a Byte Order Mark, the ENCODING option + will be defaulted to respect the Byte Order Mark. + +For example, the code + +.. code-block:: cmake + + file(STRINGS myfile.txt myfile) + +stores a list in the variable ``myfile`` in which each item is a line +from the input file. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(<MD5|SHA1|SHA224|SHA256|SHA384|SHA512> <filename> <variable>) + +Compute a cryptographic hash of the content of ``<filename>`` and +store it in a ``<variable>``. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(GLOB <variable> + [LIST_DIRECTORIES true|false] [RELATIVE <path>] + [<globbing-expressions>...]) + file(GLOB_RECURSE <variable> [FOLLOW_SYMLINKS] + [LIST_DIRECTORIES true|false] [RELATIVE <path>] + [<globbing-expressions>...]) + +Generate a list of files that match the ``<globbing-expressions>`` and +store it into the ``<variable>``. Globbing expressions are similar to +regular expressions, but much simpler. If ``RELATIVE`` flag is +specified, the results will be returned as relative paths to the given +path. No specific order of results is defined. If order is important then +sort the list explicitly (e.g. using the :command:`list(SORT)` command). + +By default ``GLOB`` lists directories - directories are omited in result if +``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` is set to false. + +.. note:: + We do not recommend using GLOB to collect a list of source files from + your source tree. If no CMakeLists.txt file changes when a source is + added or removed then the generated build system cannot know when to + ask CMake to regenerate. + +Examples of globbing expressions include:: + + *.cxx - match all files with extension cxx + *.vt? - match all files with extension vta,...,vtz + f[3-5].txt - match files f3.txt, f4.txt, f5.txt + +The ``GLOB_RECURSE`` mode will traverse all the subdirectories of the +matched directory and match the files. Subdirectories that are symlinks +are only traversed if ``FOLLOW_SYMLINKS`` is given or policy +:policy:`CMP0009` is not set to ``NEW``. + +By default ``GLOB_RECURSE`` omits directories from result list - setting +``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` to true adds directories to result list. +If ``FOLLOW_SYMLINKS`` is given or policy :policy:`CMP0009` is not set to +``OLD`` then ``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` treats symlinks as directories. + +Examples of recursive globbing include:: + + /dir/*.py - match all python files in /dir and subdirectories + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(RENAME <oldname> <newname>) + +Move a file or directory within a filesystem from ``<oldname>`` to +``<newname>``, replacing the destination atomically. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(REMOVE [<files>...]) + file(REMOVE_RECURSE [<files>...]) + +Remove the given files. The ``REMOVE_RECURSE`` mode will remove the given +files and directories, also non-empty directories + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(MAKE_DIRECTORY [<directories>...]) + +Create the given directories and their parents as needed. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(RELATIVE_PATH <variable> <directory> <file>) + +Compute the relative path from a ``<directory>`` to a ``<file>`` and +store it in the ``<variable>``. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "<path>" <variable>) + file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "<path>" <variable>) + +The ``TO_CMAKE_PATH`` mode converts a native ``<path>`` into a cmake-style +path with forward-slashes (``/``). The input can be a single path or a +system search path like ``$ENV{PATH}``. A search path will be converted +to a cmake-style list separated by ``;`` characters. + +The ``TO_NATIVE_PATH`` mode converts a cmake-style ``<path>`` into a native +path with platform-specific slashes (``\`` on Windows and ``/`` elsewhere). + +Always use double quotes around the ``<path>`` to be sure it is treated +as a single argument to this command. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(DOWNLOAD <url> <file> [<options>...]) + file(UPLOAD <file> <url> [<options>...]) + +The ``DOWNLOAD`` mode downloads the given ``<url>`` to a local ``<file>``. +The ``UPLOAD`` mode uploads a local ``<file>`` to a given ``<url>``. + +Options to both ``DOWNLOAD`` and ``UPLOAD`` are: + +``INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT <seconds>`` + Terminate the operation after a period of inactivity. + +``LOG <variable>`` + Store a human-readable log of the operation in a variable. + +``SHOW_PROGRESS`` + Print progress information as status messages until the operation is + complete. + +``STATUS <variable>`` + Store the resulting status of the operation in a variable. + The status is a ``;`` separated list of length 2. + The first element is the numeric return value for the operation, + and the second element is a string value for the error. + A ``0`` numeric error means no error in the operation. + +``TIMEOUT <seconds>`` + Terminate the operation after a given total time has elapsed. + +Additional options to ``DOWNLOAD`` are: + +``EXPECTED_HASH ALGO=<value>`` + + Verify that the downloaded content hash matches the expected value, where + ``ALGO`` is one of ``MD5``, ``SHA1``, ``SHA224``, ``SHA256``, ``SHA384``, or + ``SHA512``. If it does not match, the operation fails with an error. + +``EXPECTED_MD5 <value>`` + Historical short-hand for ``EXPECTED_HASH MD5=<value>``. + +``TLS_VERIFY <ON|OFF>`` + Specify whether to verify the server certificate for ``https://`` URLs. + The default is to *not* verify. + +``TLS_CAINFO <file>`` + Specify a custom Certificate Authority file for ``https://`` URLs. + +For ``https://`` URLs CMake must be built with OpenSSL support. ``TLS/SSL`` +certificates are not checked by default. Set ``TLS_VERIFY`` to ``ON`` to +check certificates and/or use ``EXPECTED_HASH`` to verify downloaded content. +If neither ``TLS`` option is given CMake will check variables +``CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY`` and ``CMAKE_TLS_CAINFO``, respectively. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(TIMESTAMP <filename> <variable> [<format>] [UTC]) + +Compute a string representation of the modification time of ``<filename>`` +and store it in ``<variable>``. Should the command be unable to obtain a +timestamp variable will be set to the empty string (""). + +See the :command:`string(TIMESTAMP)` command for documentation of +the ``<format>`` and ``UTC`` options. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(GENERATE OUTPUT output-file + <INPUT input-file|CONTENT content> + [CONDITION expression]) + +Generate an output file for each build configuration supported by the current +:manual:`CMake Generator <cmake-generators(7)>`. Evaluate +:manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>` +from the input content to produce the output content. The options are: + +``CONDITION <condition>`` + Generate the output file for a particular configuration only if + the condition is true. The condition must be either ``0`` or ``1`` + after evaluating generator expressions. + +``CONTENT <content>`` + Use the content given explicitly as input. + +``INPUT <input-file>`` + Use the content from a given file as input. + +``OUTPUT <output-file>`` + Specify the output file name to generate. Use generator expressions + such as ``$<CONFIG>`` to specify a configuration-specific output file + name. Multiple configurations may generate the same output file only + if the generated content is identical. Otherwise, the ``<output-file>`` + must evaluate to an unique name for each configuration. + +Exactly one ``CONTENT`` or ``INPUT`` option must be given. A specific +``OUTPUT`` file may be named by at most one invocation of ``file(GENERATE)``. +Generated files are modified on subsequent cmake runs only if their content +is changed. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(<COPY|INSTALL> <files>... DESTINATION <dir> + [FILE_PERMISSIONS <permissions>...] + [DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS <permissions>...] + [NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS] [USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS] + [FILES_MATCHING] + [[PATTERN <pattern> | REGEX <regex>] + [EXCLUDE] [PERMISSIONS <permissions>...]] [...]) + +The ``COPY`` signature copies files, directories, and symlinks to a +destination folder. Relative input paths are evaluated with respect +to the current source directory, and a relative destination is +evaluated with respect to the current build directory. Copying +preserves input file timestamps, and optimizes out a file if it exists +at the destination with the same timestamp. Copying preserves input +permissions unless explicit permissions or ``NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS`` +are given (default is ``USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``). + +See the :command:`install(DIRECTORY)` command for documentation of +permissions, ``FILES_MATCHING``, ``PATTERN``, ``REGEX``, and +``EXCLUDE`` options. Copying directories preserves the structure +of their content even if options are used to select a subset of +files. + +The ``INSTALL`` signature differs slightly from ``COPY``: it prints +status messages (subject to the :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE` variable), +and ``NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS`` is default. +Installation scripts generated by the :command:`install` command +use this signature (with some undocumented options for internal use). + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +:: + + file(LOCK <path> [DIRECTORY] [RELEASE] + [GUARD <FUNCTION|FILE|PROCESS>] + [RESULT_VARIABLE <variable>] + [TIMEOUT <seconds>]) + +Lock a file specified by ``<path>`` if no ``DIRECTORY`` option present and file +``<path>/cmake.lock`` otherwise. File will be locked for scope defined by +``GUARD`` option (default value is ``PROCESS``). ``RELEASE`` option can be used +to unlock file explicitly. If option ``TIMEOUT`` is not specified CMake will +wait until lock succeed or until fatal error occurs. If ``TIMEOUT`` is set to +``0`` lock will be tried once and result will be reported immediately. If +``TIMEOUT`` is not ``0`` CMake will try to lock file for the period specified +by ``<seconds>`` value. Any errors will be interpreted as fatal if there is no +``RESULT_VARIABLE`` option. Otherwise result will be stored in ``<variable>`` +and will be ``0`` on success or error message on failure. + +Note that lock is advisory - there is no guarantee that other processes will +respect this lock, i.e. lock synchronize two or more CMake instances sharing +some modifiable resources. Similar logic applied to ``DIRECTORY`` option - +locking parent directory doesn't prevent other ``LOCK`` commands to lock any +child directory or file. + +Trying to lock file twice is not allowed. Any intermediate directories and +file itself will be created if they not exist. ``GUARD`` and ``TIMEOUT`` +options ignored on ``RELEASE`` operation. |