cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6) project(WorkingDirectoryProj) add_executable(WorkingDirectory main.cxx) enable_testing() add_test(NAME WorkingDirectory1 COMMAND WorkingDirectory) add_test(NAME WorkingDirectory2 COMMAND WorkingDirectory) add_test(WorkingDirectory3 WorkingDirectory) set_tests_properties(WorkingDirectory1 PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "Working directory: ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" ) string(REGEX REPLACE "/[^/]*$" "" _parent_dir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}") set_tests_properties(WorkingDirectory2 PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/.." PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "Working directory: ${_parent_dir}" ) string(REGEX REPLACE "/[^/]*$" "" _wd_exe "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}") get_filename_component(_default_cwd "${_wd_exe}" ABSOLUTE) set_tests_properties(WorkingDirectory3 PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "Working directory: ${_default_cwd}" )