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| <span id="command:write_file"></span><h1>write_file<a class="headerlink" href="#write-file" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1> |
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| <p><span class="versionmodified deprecated">Deprecated since version 3.0: </span>Use the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:file"></span><a class="reference internal" href="file.html#command:file" title="file"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">file(WRITE)</span></code></a> command instead.</p> |
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| <div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>write_file(filename "message to write"... [APPEND]) |
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| <p>The first argument is the file name, the rest of the arguments are |
| messages to write. If the argument <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">APPEND</span></code> is specified, then the |
| message will be appended.</p> |
| <p>NOTE 1: <span class="target" id="index-1-command:file"></span><a class="reference internal" href="file.html#command:file" title="file"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">file(WRITE)</span></code></a> and <span class="target" id="index-2-command:file"></span><a class="reference internal" href="file.html#command:file" title="file"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">file(APPEND)</span></code></a> do exactly |
| the same as this one but add some more functionality.</p> |
| <p>NOTE 2: When using <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write_file</span></code> the produced file cannot be used as an |
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| to an infinite loop. Use <span class="target" id="index-0-command:configure_file"></span><a class="reference internal" href="configure_file.html#command:configure_file" title="configure_file"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">configure_file()</span></code></a> if you want to |
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