Add WRITE_FILE command, which writes string to a file

Source/cmCommands.cxx

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include "cmQTWrapCPPCommand.cxx"
 #include "cmQTWrapUICommand.cxx"
 #include "cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand.cxx"
+#include "cmWriteFileCommand.cxx"
 
 // on regular builds add in the load command command
 // we do not add it in on the bootstrap because it 
@@ -171,4 +172,5 @@ void GetPredefinedCommands(std::list<cmCommand*>& commands)
   commands.push_back(new cmQTWrapCPPCommand);
   commands.push_back(new cmQTWrapUICommand);
   commands.push_back(new cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand);
+  commands.push_back(new cmWriteFileCommand);
 }

Source/cmWriteFileCommand.cxx

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
+  Module:    $RCSfile$
+  Language:  C++
+  Date:      $Date$
+  Version:   $Revision$
+
+  Copyright (c) 2002 Insight Consortium. All rights reserved.
+  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#include "cmWriteFileCommand.h"
+#include "cmCacheManager.h"
+
+// cmLibraryCommand
+bool cmWriteFileCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsIn)
+{
+  if(argsIn.size() < 2 )
+    {
+    this->SetError("called with incorrect number of arguments");
+    return false;
+    }
+  std::vector<std::string> args;
+  cmSystemTools::ExpandListArguments(argsIn, args);
+  std::string message;
+  std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = args.begin();
+
+  bool send_error = false;
+  std::string fileName = *i;
+  i++;
+
+  for(;i != args.end(); ++i)
+    {
+    message += *i;
+    }
+
+  std::ofstream file(fileName.c_str(), std::ios::app);
+  if ( !file )
+    {
+    cmSystemTools::Error("Internal CMake error when trying to open file: ",
+                         fileName.c_str());
+    return false;
+    }
+  file << message << endl;
+  file.close();
+
+  return true;
+}
+

Source/cmWriteFileCommand.h

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
+  Module:    $RCSfile$
+  Language:  C++
+  Date:      $Date$
+  Version:   $Revision$
+
+  Copyright (c) 2002 Insight Consortium. All rights reserved.
+  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#ifndef cmWriteFileCommand_h
+#define cmWriteFileCommand_h
+
+#include "cmStandardIncludes.h"
+#include "cmCommand.h"
+
+/** \class cmWriteFileCommand
+ * \brief Writes a message to a file
+ *
+ */
+class cmWriteFileCommand : public cmCommand
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
+   */
+  virtual cmCommand* Clone() 
+    {
+    return new cmWriteFileCommand;
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * This is called when the command is first encountered in
+   * the CMakeLists.txt file.
+   */
+  virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetName() { return "WRITE_FILE";}
+
+  /**
+   * Succinct documentation.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation() 
+    {
+    return "Write a message to a file.";
+    }
+  
+  /**
+   * More documentation.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
+    {
+    return
+      "WRITE_FILE(filename \"message to write\"...)\n"
+      "The first argument is the file name, the rest of the arguments are messages to write.";
+    }
+  
+  cmTypeMacro(cmWriteFileCommand, cmCommand);
+};
+
+
+#endif