Targets

The build system supplies the ability to register extra targets that allow the user to register new functionality to the build system. For example, the user may wish to create a build target that counts the total number of files in the system. This would be the place to register such a target and have it available to the build system.

Targets are applied both at the global scope and per-module scope. Thus each target can provide a set of build targets (one per registered module) and a global build target. For example, a counting target might provide a count global target to count all files, and a <MODULE>_count to count the files of a given module.

Built-In Targets

The CMake system supplies several targets that are useful for all projects and thus are included as part of the CMake system. These targets are defined in cmake/target.

Adding Custom Targets

See the Customization Guide for a description of adding custom targets.