Merge topic 'doc-file-COPY-preserves-structure'

f39d26ca Help: Clarify file(COPY) directory semantics (#15561)
This commit is contained in:
Brad King 2015-05-12 09:12:46 -04:00 committed by CMake Topic Stage
commit 733ca510a6
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions

View File

@ -313,8 +313,12 @@ 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, ``PATTERN``, ``REGEX``, and ``EXCLUDE`` options.
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),