Help/command/find_program.rst
.. |FIND_XXX| replace:: find_program
.. |NAMES| replace:: NAMES <name>... [NAMES_PER_DIR]
.. |SEARCH_XXX| replace:: program
.. |SEARCH_XXX_DESC| replace:: program
.. |prefix_XXX_SUBDIR| replace:: <prefix>/[s]bin
.. |entry_XXX_SUBDIR| replace:: <entry>/[s]bin
.. |FIND_XXX_REGISTRY_VIEW_DEFAULT| replace:: BOTH
.. |FIND_PACKAGE_ROOT_PREFIX_PATH_XXX| replace::
|FIND_PACKAGE_ROOT_PREFIX_PATH_XXX_SUBDIR|
.. |CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_XXX| replace::
|CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_XXX_SUBDIR|
.. |CMAKE_XXX_PATH| replace:: :variable:CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH
.. |CMAKE_XXX_MAC_PATH| replace:: :variable:CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
.. |ENV_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_XXX| replace::
|ENV_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_XXX_SUBDIR|
.. |ENV_CMAKE_XXX_PATH| replace:: :envvar:CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH
.. |ENV_CMAKE_XXX_MAC_PATH| replace:: :envvar:CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
.. |SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH_XXX| replace:: The directories in PATH itself.
.. |SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH_WINDOWS_XXX| replace:: \
.. |CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH_XXX| replace::
|CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH_XXX_SUBDIR|
.. |CMAKE_SYSTEM_XXX_PATH| replace::
:variable:CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROGRAM_PATH
.. |CMAKE_SYSTEM_XXX_MAC_PATH| replace::
:variable:CMAKE_SYSTEM_APPBUNDLE_PATH
.. |CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_XXX| replace::
:variable:CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM
.. include:: include/FIND_XXX.rst
When more than one value is given to the NAMES option this command by
default will consider one name at a time and search every directory
for it. The NAMES_PER_DIR option tells this command to consider one
directory at a time and search for all names in it.
The set of files considered to be programs is platform-specific:
On Windows, filename suffixes are considered in order .com, .exe,
and no suffix.
On non-Windows systems, no filename suffix is considered, but files
must have execute permission (see policy :policy:CMP0109).
To search for scripts, specify an extension explicitly:
.. code-block:: cmake
if(WIN32) set(_script_suffix .bat) else() set(_script_suffix .sh) endif()
find_program(MY_SCRIPT NAMES my_script${_script_suffix})