ENH: Add GET/SET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTY/PROPERTIES commands so that we can change include directories and get all sorts of things. Closes Bug #25 - Get_CMAKE_PROPERTIES

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diff --git a/Source/cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand.h b/Source/cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand.h
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+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   CMake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator
+  Module:    $RCSfile$
+  Language:  C++
+  Date:      $Date$
+  Version:   $Revision$
+
+  Copyright (c) 2002 Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium.  All rights reserved.
+  See Copyright.txt or http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Copyright.html for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#ifndef cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand_h
+#define cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand_h
+
+#include "cmCommand.h"
+
+class cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand : public cmCommand
+{
+public:
+  virtual cmCommand* Clone() 
+    {
+      return new cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand;
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * This is called when the command is first encountered in
+   * the input file.
+   */
+  virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetName() { return "GET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTY";}
+
+  /**
+   * Succinct documentation.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation() 
+    {
+    return "Get a property of the directory.";
+    }
+  
+  /**
+   * Longer documentation.
+   */
+  virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
+    {
+      return
+        "  GET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTY(VAR property)\n"
+        "Get a property from the Directory.  The value of the property is" 
+        "stored in the variable VAR. If the property is not found,"
+        "CMake will report an error. The properties include: VARIABLES, "
+        "CACHE_VARIABLES, COMMANDS, MACROS, INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES, "
+        "LINK_DIRECTORIES, and INCLUDE_REGULAR_EXPRESSION.";
+    }
+  
+  cmTypeMacro(cmGetDirectoryPropertyCommand, cmCommand);
+};
+
+
+
+#endif