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| author | Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com> | 2018-10-01 16:10:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com> | 2018-10-01 16:10:33 -0400 |
| commit | fbd89b6753848f44b6b7179cfc07a619263b070b (patch) | |
| tree | 43e9e03980b1b8ec4c3053dc7102ea0ebd4ee4ea | |
| parent | 17653671e4007004d4d7779b4702c9a85b7d5a65 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-fbd89b6753848f44b6b7179cfc07a619263b070b.tar.gz | |
Help: Add note about CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS
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diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst index 3a2b4da621..08c57186f7 100644 --- a/Help/command/install.rst +++ b/Help/command/install.rst @@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ Command signatures that install files may print messages during installation. Use the :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE` variable to control which messages are printed. +Many of the ``install()`` variants implicitly create the directories +containing the installed files. If +:variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS` is set, these +directories will be created with the permissions specified. Otherwise, +they will be created according to the uname rules on Unix-like platforms. +Windows platforms are unaffected. + Installing Targets ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |