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authorKen Martin <ken.martin@kitware.com>2005-01-20 14:38:16 -0500
committerKen Martin <ken.martin@kitware.com>2005-01-20 14:38:16 -0500
commitacdd032109f412a63122337cd9b7ebdde13849bc (patch)
tree414d556f5f527ea047088d5a78dc252bb56b85f3 /Source/cmSetCommand.h
parent36dd18efce8c87bf6ce7d49c961987fc4f22324c (diff)
downloadcmake-acdd032109f412a63122337cd9b7ebdde13849bc.tar.gz
ENH: now the set command can set environment variables
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diff --git a/Source/cmSetCommand.h b/Source/cmSetCommand.h
index b168be006f..0556053f52 100644
--- a/Source/cmSetCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmSetCommand.h
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ public:
"then this always writes into the current makefile. The FORCE option "
"will overwrite the CACHE value removing any changes by the USER.\n"
" SET(VAR VALUE1 ... VALUEN).\n"
- "In this case VAR is set to a ; separated list of values.";
+ "In this case VAR is set to a ; separated list of values.\n"
+ "VAR can be an environment variable such as:\n"
+ " SET( ENV{PATH} /home/martink )\n"
+ "in which case the environment variable will be set.";
}
cmTypeMacro(cmSetCommand, cmCommand);