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Print properties of a target in CMake
# Get all propreties that cmake supports
if(NOT CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST)
execute_process(COMMAND cmake --help-property-list OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST)
# Convert command output into a CMake list
string(REGEX REPLACE ";" "\\\\;" CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "${CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST}")
string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "${CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST}")
endif()
list(APPEND CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "IMPORTED_LOCATION")
list(APPEND CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG")
list(APPEND CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE")
list(APPEND CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "IMPORTED_LOCATION_NOCONFIG")
list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST)
function(print_properties)
message("CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST = ${CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST}")
endfunction()
function(print_target_properties target)
if(NOT TARGET ${target})
message(STATUS "There is no target named '${target}'")
return()
endif()
foreach(property ${CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST})
string(REPLACE "<CONFIG>" "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" property ${property})
# Fix https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32197663/how-can-i-remove-the-the-location-property-may-not-be-read-from-target-error-i
if(property STREQUAL "LOCATION" OR property MATCHES "^LOCATION_" OR property MATCHES "_LOCATION$")
continue()
endif()
get_property(was_set TARGET ${target} PROPERTY ${property} SET)
if(was_set)
get_target_property(value ${target} ${property})
message("${target} ${property} = ${value}")
endif()
endforeach()
endfunction()
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