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17 #ifndef cmGetTargetPropertyCommand_h
18 #define cmGetTargetPropertyCommand_h
20 #include "cmCommand.h"
22 class cmGetTargetPropertyCommand
: public cmCommand
25 virtual cmCommand
* Clone()
27 return new cmGetTargetPropertyCommand
;
31 * This is called when the command is first encountered in
34 virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector
<std::string
> const& args
,
35 cmExecutionStatus
&status
);
38 * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
40 virtual const char* GetName() { return "get_target_property";}
43 * Succinct documentation.
45 virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
47 return "Get a property from a target.";
51 * Longer documentation.
53 virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
56 " get_target_property(VAR target property)\n"
57 "Get a property from a target. The value of the property is "
58 "stored in the variable VAR. If the property is not found, VAR "
59 "will be set to \"NOTFOUND\". Use set_target_properties to set "
60 "property values. Properties are usually used to control how "
61 "a target is built.\n"
62 "The read-only property \"<CONFIG>_LOCATION\" provides the full "
63 "path to the file on disk that will be created for the target when "
64 "building under configuration <CONFIG> "
65 "(in upper-case, such as \"DEBUG_LOCATION\"). "
66 "The read-only property \"LOCATION\" specifies "
67 "the full path to the file on disk that will be created for the "
68 "target. The path may contain a build-system-specific portion that "
69 "is replaced at build time with the configuration getting built "
70 "(such as \"$(ConfigurationName)\" in VS). "
71 "This is very useful for executable targets to get "
72 "the path to the executable file for use in a custom command.\n"
73 "The read-only property \"TYPE\" returns which type the specified "
74 "target has (EXECUTABLE, STATIC_LIBRARY, SHARED_LIBRARY, "
75 "MODULE_LIBRARY, UTILITY, INSTALL_FILES or INSTALL_PROGRAMS). "
76 "This command can get properties for any target so far created. "
77 "The targets do not need to be in the current CMakeLists.txt file.";
80 cmTypeMacro(cmGetTargetPropertyCommand
, cmCommand
);