cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6) project(ToClean) # Build a simple project. add_executable(toclean toclean.cxx) # List some build-time-generated files. get_target_property(TOCLEAN_FILES toclean LOCATION) set(TOCLEAN_FILES ${TOCLEAN_FILES} "${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/toclean.dir/toclean.cxx${CMAKE_CXX_OUTPUT_EXTENSION}") # Create a file that must be registered for cleaning. file(WRITE "${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/Registered.txt" "File registered for cleaning.\n") set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES "${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/Registered.txt") set(TOCLEAN_FILES ${TOCLEAN_FILES} "${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/Registered.txt") # Create a custom command whose output should be cleaned. add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/generated.txt DEPENDS ${ToClean_SOURCE_DIR}/toclean.cxx COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS -E copy ${ToClean_SOURCE_DIR}/toclean.cxx ${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/generated.txt ) add_custom_target(generate ALL DEPENDS ${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/generated.txt) set(TOCLEAN_FILES ${TOCLEAN_FILES} "${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/generated.txt") # Configure a file listing these build-time-generated files. configure_file(${ToClean_SOURCE_DIR}/ToCleanFiles.cmake.in ${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/ToCleanFiles.cmake @ONLY IMMEDIATE)