Chapter 4.1 : The runExample function

The runExample function has to :

  • Create a target (run followed by the name of the program) to run the program (run_all).
  • Add a dependency to the run_all to call all the custom commands. 
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function(runExample targetName)
	add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${OUTPUT_PERF_DIR}/${targetName}.txt
		COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${targetName} 2> ${OUTPUT_PERF_DIR}/${targetName}.txt
		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
		COMMENT "Run ${targetName} program"
		DEPENDS ${targetName}
	)
	add_custom_target("run_${targetName}" DEPENDS ${OUTPUT_PERF_DIR}/${targetName}.txt)
	add_dependencies(run_all "run_${targetName}")
endfunction(runExample)