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<span id="command:get_source_file_property"></span><h1>get_source_file_property<a class="headerlink" href="#get-source-file-property" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>Get a property for a source file.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">get_source_file_property(</span><span class="nv">&lt;variable&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;file&gt;</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">DIRECTORY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;dir&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">TARGET_DIRECTORY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;target&gt;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;property&gt;</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>Gets a property from a source file. The value of the property is
stored in the specified <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;variable&gt;</span></code>. If the source property is not found,
the behavior depends on whether it has been defined to be an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INHERITED</span></code>
property or not (see <span class="target" id="index-0-command:define_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="define_property.html#command:define_property" title="define_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">define_property()</span></code></a>). Non-inherited properties
will set <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">variable</span></code> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NOTFOUND</span></code>, whereas inherited properties will search
the relevant parent scope as described for the <span class="target" id="index-1-command:define_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="define_property.html#command:define_property" title="define_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">define_property()</span></code></a>
command and if still unable to find the property, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">variable</span></code> will be set to
an empty string.</p>
<p>By default, the source file's property will be read from the current source
directory's scope.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.18: </span>Directory scope can be overridden with one of the following sub-options:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DIRECTORY</span> <span class="pre">&lt;dir&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>The source file property will be read from the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;dir&gt;</span></code> directory's
scope. CMake must already know about that source directory, either by
having added it through a call to <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_subdirectory"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_subdirectory.html#command:add_subdirectory" title="add_subdirectory"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_subdirectory()</span></code></a> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;dir&gt;</span></code>
being the top level source directory. Relative paths are treated as
relative to the current source directory.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TARGET_DIRECTORY</span> <span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>The source file property will be read from the directory scope in which
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></code> was created (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></code> must therefore already exist).</p>
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<p>Use <span class="target" id="index-0-command:set_source_files_properties"></span><a class="reference internal" href="set_source_files_properties.html#command:set_source_files_properties" title="set_source_files_properties"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_source_files_properties()</span></code></a> to set property values. Source
file properties usually control how the file is built. One property that is
always there is <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:LOCATION"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/LOCATION.html#prop_sf:LOCATION" title="LOCATION"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LOCATION</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>See also the more general <span class="target" id="index-0-command:get_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="get_property.html#command:get_property" title="get_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_property()</span></code></a> command.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:GENERATED"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/GENERATED.html#prop_sf:GENERATED" title="GENERATED"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GENERATED</span></code></a> source file property may be globally visible.
See its documentation for details.</p>
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