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----
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File manipulation command.
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::
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file(WRITE <filename> <content>...)
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file(APPEND <filename> <content>...)
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Write ``<content>`` into a file called ``<filename>``. If the file does
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not exist, it will be created. If the file already exists, ``WRITE``
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mode will overwrite it and ``APPEND`` mode will append to the end.
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(If the file is a build input, use the :command:`configure_file` command
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to update the file only when its content changes.)
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::
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file(READ <filename> <variable>
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[OFFSET <offset>] [LIMIT <max-in>] [HEX])
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Read content from a file called ``<filename>`` and store it in a
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``<variable>``. Optionally start from the given ``<offset>`` and
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read at most ``<max-in>`` bytes. The ``HEX`` option causes data to
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be converted to a hexadecimal representation (useful for binary data).
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::
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file(STRINGS <filename> <variable> [<options>...])
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Parse a list of ASCII strings from ``<filename>`` and store it in
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``<variable>``. Binary data in the file are ignored. Carriage return
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(``\r``, CR) characters are ignored. The options are:
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``LENGTH_MAXIMUM <max-len>``
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Consider only strings of at most a given length.
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``LENGTH_MINIMUM <min-len>``
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Consider only strings of at least a given length.
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``LIMIT_COUNT <max-num>``
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Limit the number of distinct strings to be extracted.
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``LIMIT_INPUT <max-in>``
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Limit the number of input bytes to read from the file.
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``LIMIT_OUTPUT <max-out>``
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Limit the number of total bytes to store in the ``<variable>``.
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``NEWLINE_CONSUME``
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Treat newline characters (``\n``, LF) as part of string content
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instead of terminating at them.
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``NO_HEX_CONVERSION``
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Intel Hex and Motorola S-record files are automatically converted to
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binary while reading unless this option is given.
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``REGEX <regex>``
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Consider only strings that match the given regular expression.
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``ENCODING <encoding-type>``
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Consider strings of a given encoding. "UTF-8" is currently supported.
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For example, the code
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.. code-block:: cmake
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file(STRINGS myfile.txt myfile)
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stores a list in the variable ``myfile`` in which each item is a line
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from the input file.
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::
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file(<MD5|SHA1|SHA224|SHA256|SHA384|SHA512> <filename> <variable>)
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Compute a cryptographic hash of the content of ``<filename>`` and
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store it in a ``<variable>``.
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::
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file(GLOB <variable> [RELATIVE <path>] [<globbing-expressions>...])
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file(GLOB_RECURSE <variable> [RELATIVE <path>]
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[FOLLOW_SYMLINKS] [<globbing-expressions>...])
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Generate a list of files that match the ``<globbing-expressions>`` and
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store it into the ``<variable>``. Globbing expressions are similar to
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regular expressions, but much simpler. If ``RELATIVE`` flag is
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specified, the results will be returned as relative paths to the given
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path.
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.. note::
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We do not recommend using GLOB to collect a list of source files from
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your source tree. If no CMakeLists.txt file changes when a source is
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added or removed then the generated build system cannot know when to
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ask CMake to regenerate.
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Examples of globbing expressions include::
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*.cxx - match all files with extension cxx
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*.vt? - match all files with extension vta,...,vtz
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f[3-5].txt - match files f3.txt, f4.txt, f5.txt
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The ``GLOB_RECURSE`` mode will traverse all the subdirectories of the
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matched directory and match the files. Subdirectories that are symlinks
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are only traversed if ``FOLLOW_SYMLINKS`` is given or policy
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:policy:`CMP0009` is not set to ``NEW``.
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Examples of recursive globbing include::
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/dir/*.py - match all python files in /dir and subdirectories
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::
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file(RENAME <oldname> <newname>)
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Move a file or directory within a filesystem from ``<oldname>`` to
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``<newname>``, replacing the destination atomically.
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::
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file(REMOVE [<files>...])
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file(REMOVE_RECURSE [<files>...])
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Remove the given files. The ``REMOVE_RECURSE`` mode will remove the given
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files and directories, also non-empty directories
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::
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file(MAKE_DIRECTORY [<directories>...])
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Create the given directories and their parents as needed.
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::
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file(RELATIVE_PATH <variable> <directory> <file>)
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Compute the relative path from a ``<directory>`` to a ``<file>`` and
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store it in the ``<variable>``.
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::
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file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "<path>" <variable>)
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file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "<path>" <variable>)
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The ``TO_CMAKE_PATH`` mode converts a native ``<path>`` into a cmake-style
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path with forward-slashes (``/``). The input can be a single path or a
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system search path like ``$ENV{PATH}``. A search path will be converted
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to a cmake-style list separated by ``;`` characters.
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The ``TO_NATIVE_PATH`` mode converts a cmake-style ``<path>`` into a native
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path with platform-specific slashes (``\`` on Windows and ``/`` elsewhere).
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Always use double quotes around the ``<path>`` to be sure it is treated
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as a single argument to this command.
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::
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file(DOWNLOAD <url> <file> [<options>...])
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file(UPLOAD <file> <url> [<options>...])
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The ``DOWNLOAD`` mode downloads the given ``<url>`` to a local ``<file>``.
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The ``UPLOAD`` mode uploads a local ``<file>`` to a given ``<url>``.
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Options to both ``DOWNLOAD`` and ``UPLOAD`` are:
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``INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT <seconds>``
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Terminate the operation after a period of inactivity.
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``LOG <variable>``
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Store a human-readable log of the operation in a variable.
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``SHOW_PROGRESS``
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Print progress information as status messages until the operation is
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complete.
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``STATUS <variable>``
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Store the resulting status of the operation in a variable.
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The status is a ``;`` separated list of length 2.
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The first element is the numeric return value for the operation,
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and the second element is a string value for the error.
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A ``0`` numeric error means no error in the operation.
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``TIMEOUT <seconds>``
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Terminate the operation after a given total time has elapsed.
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Additional options to ``DOWNLOAD`` are:
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``EXPECTED_HASH ALGO=<value>``
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Verify that the downloaded content hash matches the expected value, where
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``ALGO`` is one of ``MD5``, ``SHA1``, ``SHA224``, ``SHA256``, ``SHA384``, or
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``SHA512``. If it does not match, the operation fails with an error.
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``EXPECTED_MD5 <value>``
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Historical short-hand for ``EXPECTED_HASH MD5=<value>``.
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``TLS_VERIFY <ON|OFF>``
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Specify whether to verify the server certificate for ``https://`` URLs.
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The default is to *not* verify.
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``TLS_CAINFO <file>``
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Specify a custom Certificate Authority file for ``https://`` URLs.
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For ``https://`` URLs CMake must be built with OpenSSL support. ``TLS/SSL``
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certificates are not checked by default. Set ``TLS_VERIFY`` to ``ON`` to
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check certificates and/or use ``EXPECTED_HASH`` to verify downloaded content.
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If neither ``TLS`` option is given CMake will check variables
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``CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY`` and ``CMAKE_TLS_CAINFO``, respectively.
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::
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file(TIMESTAMP <filename> <variable> [<format>] [UTC])
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Compute a string representation of the modification time of ``<filename>``
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and store it in ``<variable>``. Should the command be unable to obtain a
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timestamp variable will be set to the empty string ("").
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See the :command:`string(TIMESTAMP)` command for documentation of
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the ``<format>`` and ``UTC`` options.
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::
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file(GENERATE <options>...)
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Generate an output file for each build configuration supported by the current
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:manual:`CMake Generator <cmake-generators(7)>`. Evaluate
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:manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`
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from the input content to produce the output content. The options are:
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``CONDITION <condition>``
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Generate the output file for a particular configuration only if
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the condition is true. The condition must be either ``0`` or ``1``
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after evaluating generator expressions.
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``CONTENT <content>``
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Use the content given explicitly as input.
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``INPUT <input-file>``
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Use the content from a given file as input.
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``OUTPUT <output-file>``
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Specify the output file name to generate. Use generator expressions
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such as ``$<CONFIG>`` to specify a configuration-specific output file
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name. Multiple configurations may generate the same output file only
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if the generated content is identical. Otherwise, the ``<output-file>``
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must evaluate to an unique name for each configuration.
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Exactly one ``CONTENT`` or ``INPUT`` option must be given. A specific
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``OUTPUT`` file may be named by at most one invocation of ``file(GENERATE)``.
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Generated files are modified on subsequent cmake runs only if their content
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is changed.
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::
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file(<COPY|INSTALL> <files>... DESTINATION <dir>
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[FILE_PERMISSIONS <permissions>...]
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[DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS <permissions>...]
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[NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS] [USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS]
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[FILES_MATCHING]
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[[PATTERN <pattern> | REGEX <regex>]
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[EXCLUDE] [PERMISSIONS <permissions>...]] [...])
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The ``COPY`` signature copies files, directories, and symlinks to a
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destination folder. Relative input paths are evaluated with respect
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to the current source directory, and a relative destination is
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evaluated with respect to the current build directory. Copying
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preserves input file timestamps, and optimizes out a file if it exists
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at the destination with the same timestamp. Copying preserves input
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permissions unless explicit permissions or ``NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``
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are given (default is ``USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``).
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See the :command:`install(DIRECTORY)` command for documentation of
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permissions, ``PATTERN``, ``REGEX``, and ``EXCLUDE`` options.
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The ``INSTALL`` signature differs slightly from ``COPY``: it prints
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status messages (subject to the :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE` variable),
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and ``NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS`` is default.
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Installation scripts generated by the :command:`install` command
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use this signature (with some undocumented options for internal use).
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::
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file(LOCK <path> [DIRECTORY] [RELEASE]
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[GUARD <FUNCTION|FILE|PROCESS>]
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[RESULT_VARIABLE <variable>]
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[TIMEOUT <seconds>])
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Lock a file specified by ``<path>`` if no ``DIRECTORY`` option present and file
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``<path>/cmake.lock`` otherwise. File will be locked for scope defined by
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``GUARD`` option (default value is ``PROCESS``). ``RELEASE`` option can be used
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to unlock file explicitly. If option ``TIMEOUT`` is not specified CMake will
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wait until lock succeed or until fatal error occurs. If ``TIMEOUT`` is set to
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``0`` lock will be tried once and result will be reported immediately. If
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``TIMEOUT`` is not ``0`` CMake will try to lock file for the period specified
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by ``<seconds>`` value. Any errors will be interpreted as fatal if there is no
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``RESULT_VARIABLE`` option. Otherwise result will be stored in ``<variable>``
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and will be ``0`` on success or error message on failure.
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Note that lock is advisory - there is no guarantee that other processes will
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respect this lock, i.e. lock synchronize two or more CMake instances sharing
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some modifiable resources. Similar logic applied to ``DIRECTORY`` option -
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locking parent directory doesn't prevent other ``LOCK`` commands to lock any
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child directory or file.
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Trying to lock file twice is not allowed. Any intermediate directories and
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file itself will be created if they not exist. ``GUARD`` and ``TIMEOUT``
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options ignored on ``RELEASE`` operation.
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