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

I've added the check to @ulidtko's approach, so symlink doesn't overridden on every rebuild unconditionally:

install(CODE "if (NOT EXISTS ${link})
                  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink \
                                                                ${target} \
                                                                ${link})
              endif()" )