CMake extract file to UNC path example

extract_unc.cmake

# extract file to UNC path example

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)

# using WSL as example UNC network path
set(bin "\\\\wsl$\\Ubuntu\\home\\username")

if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${bin})
  message(FATAL_ERROR "${bin} is not a directory")
endif()

# for simple demo, put own file in .zst archive
set(archive ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.zst)
file(ARCHIVE_CREATE OUTPUT ${archive} PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE})
cmake_path(GET CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE FILENAME name)

message(STATUS "Extracting ${archive} to ${bin}/${name}")
file(ARCHIVE_EXTRACT INPUT "${archive}" DESTINATION "${bin}" VERBOSE)

if(NOT EXISTS ${bin}/${name})
  message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to extract ${bin}/${name}")
endif()