Of course. The problem comes when somebody is used to languages that
encourage single-quoted strings (e.g. python or shell) or which have tight
syntax and abort on mistakes like this.
This lack of early feedback coupled with the terse doc and strange
semantics means that when something doesn't wo
Hi Dan.
Single quotes have no special meaning in CMake syntax, so it was literally
treating them as part of the pattern. This is not special to the install()
command in any way, it's just how CMake works.
Petr
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 4:13 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
> > This turned out to work for me
> This turned out to work for me:
>
> install (
> DIRECTORY ${samples_SOURCE_DIR}
> DESTINATION "src"
> PATTERN "*.in" EXCLUDE
> PATTERN ".gitignore" EXCLUDE
> )
Here's one of my earlier attempts:
PATTERN '*.in' EXCLUDE
PATTERN 'CMakeLists.txt' EXCLUDE
Is it possible that single qu
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
> The doc could use some more examples. I am having a hard
> time figuring out how to install a directory tree but exclude
> files matching .gitignore and Makefile.in.
This turned out to work for me:
install (
DIRECTORY ${samples_SOURCE_DIR}
The doc could use some more examples. I am having a hard
time figuring out how to install a directory tree but exclude
files matching .gitignore and Makefile.in.
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