cmake:tldr:5a69a
cmake: Use a generated recipe in a given directory to build artifacts.
$ cmake --build ${path-to-build_directory}
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The command "cmake --build ${path-to-build_directory}" is used to build a project using CMake. Here is a breakdown of the command:
- "cmake": This is the CMake command-line tool used to interact with CMake projects.
- "--build": This is a flag that tells CMake to perform a build operation.
- "${path-to-build_directory}": This is a placeholder for the actual path to the build directory, where CMake generates build files and builds the project. You need to replace "${path-to-build_directory}" with the actual path to the directory. For example, if your build directory is "build", the command would look like "cmake --build build".
By executing this command, CMake will locate the CMakeLists.txt file (which contains the instructions for building the project) in the specified build directory, generate the build files (such as Makefile or Visual Studio solution files), and then start the build process using the appropriate build system for your platform (e.g., make on Linux, MSBuild on Windows).
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