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| author | Bartosz Kosiorek <gang65@poczta.onet.pl> | 2016-02-19 17:48:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2016-02-19 13:03:09 -0500 |
| commit | b347503028a639103f27fcd2752b133993bb30ec (patch) | |
| tree | c4d690eb709f31664c0a39ba492a89df8060de34 | |
| parent | a5a5a6857241c21d306661d723b749839f4c6e1a (diff) | |
| download | cmake-b347503028a639103f27fcd2752b133993bb30ec.tar.gz | |
Help: Clarify `cmake -E` command behavior with respect to file existence
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake.1.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst index 91af3e3db3..92f52302cf 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst @@ -199,16 +199,19 @@ Available commands are: ``make_directory <dir>...`` Create ``<dir>`` directories. If necessary, create parent - directories too. + directories too. If a directory already exists it will be + silently ignored. ``md5sum <file>...`` Compute md5sum of files. ``remove [-f] <file>...`` - Remove the file(s), use ``-f`` to force it. + Remove the file(s), use ``-f`` to force it. If a file does + not exist it will be silently ignored. ``remove_directory <dir>`` - Remove a directory and its contents. + Remove a directory and its contents. If a directory does + not exist it will be silently ignored. ``rename <oldname> <newname>`` Rename a file or directory (on one volume). @@ -241,7 +244,8 @@ Available commands are: Touch a file. ``touch_nocreate <file>`` - Touch a file if it exists but do not create it. + Touch a file if it exists but do not create it. If a file does + not exist it will be silently ignored. UNIX-specific Command-Line Tools -------------------------------- |