CMake Cookbook

How it works

The previous example introduced two new commands:

• add_library(message STATIC Message.hpp Message.cpp): This will generate the necessary build tool instructions for compiling the specified sources into a library. The first argument to add_library is the name of the target. The same name can be used throughout CMakeLists.txt to refer to the library. The actual name of the generated library will be formed by CMake by adding the prefix lib in front and the appropriate extension as a suffix. The library extension is determined based on the second argument, STATIC or SHARED, and the operating system.
• target_link_libraries(hello-world message): Links the library into the executable. This command will also guarantee that the hello-world ...