3.8.2/man/man7/cmake-generator-expressions.7

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.TH "CMAKE-GENERATOR-EXPRESSIONS" "7" "May 31, 2017" "3.8.2" "CMake"
.SH NAME
cmake-generator-expressions \- CMake Generator Expressions
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.SH INTRODUCTION
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Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to produce
information specific to each build configuration.
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Generator expressions are allowed in the context of many target properties,
such as \fBLINK_LIBRARIES\fP, \fBINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES\fP,
\fBCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS\fP and others.  They may also be used when using
commands to populate those properties, such as \fBtarget_link_libraries()\fP,
\fBtarget_include_directories()\fP, \fBtarget_compile_definitions()\fP
and others.
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This means that they enable conditional linking, conditional
definitions used when compiling, and conditional include directories and
more.  The conditions may be based on the build configuration, target
properties, platform information or any other queryable information.
.SH LOGICAL EXPRESSIONS
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Logical expressions are used to create conditional output.  The basic
expressions are the \fB0\fP and \fB1\fP expressions.  Because other logical
expressions evaluate to either \fB0\fP or \fB1\fP, they can be composed to
create conditional output:
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.nf
.ft C
$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:DEBUG_MODE>
.ft P
.fi
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expands to \fBDEBUG_MODE\fP when the \fBDebug\fP configuration is used, and
otherwise expands to nothing.
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Available logical expressions are:
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.B \fB$<BOOL:...>\fP
\fB1\fP if the \fB\&...\fP is true, else \fB0\fP
.TP
.B \fB$<AND:?[,?]...>\fP
\fB1\fP if all \fB?\fP are \fB1\fP, else \fB0\fP
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The \fB?\fP must always be either \fB0\fP or \fB1\fP in boolean expressions.
.TP
.B \fB$<OR:?[,?]...>\fP
\fB0\fP if all \fB?\fP are \fB0\fP, else \fB1\fP
.TP
.B \fB$<NOT:?>\fP
\fB0\fP if \fB?\fP is \fB1\fP, else \fB1\fP
.TP
.B \fB$<IF:?,true\-value...,false\-value...>\(ga\fP
\fBtrue\-value...\fP if \fB?\fP is \fB1\fP, \fBfalse\-value...\fP if \fB?\fP is \fB0\fP
.TP
.B \fB$<STREQUAL:a,b>\fP
\fB1\fP if \fBa\fP is STREQUAL \fBb\fP, else \fB0\fP
.TP
.B \fB$<EQUAL:a,b>\fP
\fB1\fP if \fBa\fP is EQUAL \fBb\fP in a numeric comparison, else \fB0\fP
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.B \fB$<CONFIG:cfg>\fP
\fB1\fP if config is \fBcfg\fP, else \fB0\fP\&. This is a case\-insensitive comparison.
The mapping in \fBMAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_<CONFIG>\fP is also considered by
this expression when it is evaluated on a property on an \fBIMPORTED\fP
target.
.TP
.B \fB$<PLATFORM_ID:comp>\fP
\fB1\fP if the CMake\-id of the platform matches \fBcomp\fP, otherwise \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>\fP
\fB1\fP if the CMake\-id of the C compiler matches \fBcomp\fP, otherwise \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>\fP
\fB1\fP if the CMake\-id of the CXX compiler matches \fBcomp\fP, otherwise \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>\fP
\fB1\fP if \fBv1\fP is a version less than \fBv2\fP, else \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>\fP
\fB1\fP if \fBv1\fP is a version greater than \fBv2\fP, else \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>\fP
\fB1\fP if \fBv1\fP is the same version as \fBv2\fP, else \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<VERSION_LESS_EQUAL:v1,v2>\fP
\fB1\fP if \fBv1\fP is a version less than or equal to \fBv2\fP, else \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL:v1,v2>\fP
\fB1\fP if \fBv1\fP is a version greater than or equal to \fBv2\fP, else \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver>\fP
\fB1\fP if the version of the C compiler matches \fBver\fP, otherwise \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver>\fP
\fB1\fP if the version of the CXX compiler matches \fBver\fP, otherwise \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_POLICY:pol>\fP
\fB1\fP if the policy \fBpol\fP was NEW when the \(aqhead\(aq target was created,
else \fB0\fP\&.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy
will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of
policies.
.TP
.B \fB$<COMPILE_FEATURES:feature[,feature]...>\fP
\fB1\fP if all of the \fBfeature\fP features are available for the \(aqhead\(aq
target, and \fB0\fP otherwise. If this expression is used while evaluating
the link implementation of a target and if any dependency transitively
increases the required \fBC_STANDARD\fP or \fBCXX_STANDARD\fP
for the \(aqhead\(aq target, an error is reported.  See the
\fBcmake\-compile\-features(7)\fP manual for information on
compile features and a list of supported compilers.
.TP
.B \fB$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:lang>\fP
\fB1\fP when the language used for compilation unit matches \fBlang\fP,
otherwise \fB0\fP\&.  This expression used to specify compile options for
source files of a particular language in a target. For example, to specify
the use of the \fB\-fno\-exceptions\fP compile option (compiler id checks
elided):
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.nf
.ft C
add_executable(myapp main.cpp foo.c bar.cpp)
target_compile_options(myapp
  PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:\-fno\-exceptions>
)
.ft P
.fi
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This generator expression has limited use because it is not possible to
use it with the Visual Studio generators.  Portable buildsystems would
not use this expression, and would create separate libraries for each
source file language instead:
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.nf
.ft C
add_library(myapp_c foo.c)
add_library(myapp_cxx foo.c)
target_compile_options(myapp_cxx PUBLIC \-fno\-exceptions)
add_executable(myapp main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(myapp myapp_c myapp_cxx)
.ft P
.fi
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The \fBMakefile\fP and \fBNinja\fP based generators can also use this
expression to specify compile\-language specific compile definitions
and include directories:
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.nf
.ft C
add_executable(myapp main.cpp foo.c bar.cpp)
target_compile_definitions(myapp
  PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:COMPILING_CXX>
)
target_include_directories(myapp
  PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/opt/foo/cxx_headers>
)
.ft P
.fi
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.SH INFORMATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
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These expressions expand to some information. The information may be used
directly, eg:
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.ft C
include_directories(/usr/include/$<CXX_COMPILER_ID>/)
.ft P
.fi
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expands to \fB/usr/include/GNU/\fP or \fB/usr/include/Clang/\fP etc, depending on
the Id of the compiler.
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These expressions may also may be combined with logical expressions:
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.nf
.ft C
$<$<VERSION_LESS:$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>,4.2.0>:OLD_COMPILER>
.ft P
.fi
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expands to \fBOLD_COMPILER\fP if the
\fBCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION\fP is less
than 4.2.0.
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Available informational expressions are:
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.TP
.B \fB$<CONFIGURATION>\fP
Configuration name. Deprecated. Use \fBCONFIG\fP instead.
.TP
.B \fB$<CONFIG>\fP
Configuration name
.TP
.B \fB$<PLATFORM_ID>\fP
The CMake\-id of the platform.
See also the \fBCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME\fP variable.
.TP
.B \fB$<C_COMPILER_ID>\fP
The CMake\-id of the C compiler used.
See also the \fBCMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID\fP variable.
.TP
.B \fB$<CXX_COMPILER_ID>\fP
The CMake\-id of the CXX compiler used.
See also the \fBCMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID\fP variable.
.TP
.B \fB$<C_COMPILER_VERSION>\fP
The version of the C compiler used.
See also the \fBCMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_VERSION\fP variable.
.TP
.B \fB$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>\fP
The version of the CXX compiler used.
See also the \fBCMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_VERSION\fP variable.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_FILE:tgt>\fP
Full path to main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a) where \fBtgt\fP is the name of a target.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>\fP
Name of main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>\fP
Directory of main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt>\fP
File used to link (.a, .lib, .so) where \fBtgt\fP is the name of a target.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>\fP
Name of file used to link (.a, .lib, .so).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>\fP
Directory of file used to link (.a, .lib, .so).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt>\fP
File with soname (.so.3) where \fBtgt\fP is the name of a target.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>\fP
Name of file with soname (.so.3).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>\fP
Directory of with soname (.so.3).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_PDB_FILE:tgt>\fP
Full path to the linker generated program database file (.pdb)
where \fBtgt\fP is the name of a target.
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See also the \fBPDB_NAME\fP and \fBPDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY\fP
target properties and their configuration specific variants
\fBPDB_NAME_<CONFIG>\fP and \fBPDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_<CONFIG>\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_PDB_FILE_NAME:tgt>\fP
Name of the linker generated program database file (.pdb).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:tgt>\fP
Directory of the linker generated program database file (.pdb).
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>\fP
Value of the property \fBprop\fP on the target \fBtgt\fP\&.
.sp
Note that \fBtgt\fP is not added as a dependency of the target this
expression is evaluated on.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>\fP
Value of the property \fBprop\fP on the target on which the generator
expression is evaluated.
.TP
.B \fB$<INSTALL_PREFIX>\fP
Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via
\fBinstall(EXPORT)\fP and empty otherwise.
.TP
.B \fB$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE>\fP
The compile language of source files when evaluating compile options. See
the unary version for notes about portability of this generator
expression.
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.SH OUTPUT EXPRESSIONS
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These expressions generate output, in some cases depending on an input. These
expressions may be combined with other expressions for information or logical
comparison:
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.ft C
\-I$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>, \-I>
.ft P
.fi
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generates a string of the entries in the \fBINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES\fP target
property with each entry preceded by \fB\-I\fP\&. Note that a more\-complete use
in this situation would require first checking if the INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
property is non\-empty:
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.sp
.nf
.ft C
$<$<BOOL:${prop}>:\-I$<JOIN:${prop}, \-I>>
.ft P
.fi
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.sp
where \fB${prop}\fP refers to a helper variable:
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.nf
.ft C
set(prop "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>")
.ft P
.fi
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Available output expressions are:
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.B \fB$<0:...>\fP
Empty string (ignores \fB\&...\fP)
.TP
.B \fB$<1:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP
.TP
.B \fB$<JOIN:list,...>\fP
Joins the list with the content of \fB\&...\fP
.TP
.B \fB$<ANGLE\-R>\fP
A literal \fB>\fP\&. Used to compare strings which contain a \fB>\fP for example.
.TP
.B \fB$<COMMA>\fP
A literal \fB,\fP\&. Used to compare strings which contain a \fB,\fP for example.
.TP
.B \fB$<SEMICOLON>\fP
A literal \fB;\fP\&. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with \fB;\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_NAME:...>\fP
Marks \fB\&...\fP as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting
targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The \fB\&...\fP must be a literal
name of a target\- it may not contain generator expressions.
.TP
.B \fB$<LINK_ONLY:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP except when evaluated in a link interface while
propagating Target Usage Requirements, in which case it is the
empty string.
Intended for use only in an \fBINTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES\fP target
property, perhaps via the \fBtarget_link_libraries()\fP command,
to specify private link dependencies without other usage requirements.
.TP
.B \fB$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP when the property is exported using \fBinstall(EXPORT)\fP,
and empty otherwise.
.TP
.B \fB$<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP when the property is exported using \fBexport()\fP, or
when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to
the empty string otherwise.
.TP
.B \fB$<LOWER_CASE:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP converted to lower case.
.TP
.B \fB$<UPPER_CASE:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP converted to upper case.
.TP
.B \fB$<MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP converted to a C identifier.
.TP
.B \fB$<TARGET_OBJECTS:objLib>\fP
List of objects resulting from build of \fBobjLib\fP\&. \fBobjLib\fP must be an
object of type \fBOBJECT_LIBRARY\fP\&.  This expression may only be used in
the sources of \fBadd_library()\fP and \fBadd_executable()\fP
commands.
.TP
.B \fB$<SHELL_PATH:...>\fP
Content of \fB\&...\fP converted to shell path style. For example, slashes are
converted to backslashes in Windows shells and drive letters are converted
to posix paths in MSYS shells. The \fB\&...\fP must be an absolute path.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
2000-2017 Kitware, Inc. and Contributors
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