How to change the name of the output binary to not be a.out with CMake?

Question

Where would I go within CMakeLists.txt in order to change the name of the generated file?

Answer 1

Here's a simple CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6 FATAL_ERROR)
project(demo)

add_executable(hello hello.cpp)

This CMakeLists.txt compiles a hello.cpp file to an executable named hello. You can name the executable anything by using the add_executable statement.

add_executable(   ...)