- 1 year ago
How to tell my CMake script to place .lib files in output/lib
To instruct CMake to place .lib files in an output/lib directory, you can use the ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
property. This property specifies the directory where CMake places static library (.lib) files during the build process. Here's an example of how to use it in your CMake script:
cmake# Set the output directory for static library files
set_target_properties(your_target PROPERTIES
ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/output/lib
)
In this example, replace your_target
with the name of the target (library) for which you want to specify the output directory. The ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
property is set using set_target_properties()
, and you provide the desired directory path as the value.
By setting the ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
property for the target, CMake will place the generated .lib files in the specified output/lib directory during the build process.
Note that the ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
property affects only static library files (.lib). If you have other types of files, such as shared libraries or executables, you can use the corresponding CMake properties like LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
or RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
to specify their output directories.
Make sure to place the code snippet in your CMakeLists.txt file, typically after defining the target for which you want to specify the output directory.