Does CMake offer a method to set the working directory for a given build system to use when running/debugging the project?

Question

I have a project with the following structure:

project_name/CMakeLists.txt
project_name/src
project_name/resources
...
project_name-build/configuration_name/         


        

Answer 1

Since CMake 3.8, there is the VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY target property, which allows you to set the debugger working directory for a target in Visual Studio.

Usage example:

set_property(TARGET MyTarget PROPERTY VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")