Symbolic links CMake

Question

I want to rename certain executables in CMakeLists.txt but also want symbolic links from the older names to new files for backward compatibility. How can this b

Answer 1

You can create a custom target and use CMake to create symlinks

ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(link_target ALL
                  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${target} ${link})

This will only work on systems that support symlinks, see guide.

Available on UNIX only:

create_symlink old new - create a symbolic link new -> old