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17 #ifndef cmLinkLibrariesCommand_h
18 #define cmLinkLibrariesCommand_h
20 #include "cmCommand.h"
22 /** \class cmLinkLibrariesCommand
23 * \brief Specify a list of libraries to link into executables.
25 * cmLinkLibrariesCommand is used to specify a list of libraries to link
26 * into executable(s) or shared objects. The names of the libraries
27 * should be those defined by the LIBRARY(library) command(s).
29 class cmLinkLibrariesCommand
: public cmCommand
33 * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
35 virtual cmCommand
* Clone()
37 return new cmLinkLibrariesCommand
;
41 * This is called when the command is first encountered in
42 * the CMakeLists.txt file.
44 virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector
<std::string
> const& args
,
45 cmExecutionStatus
&status
);
48 * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
50 virtual const char* GetName() { return "link_libraries";}
53 * Succinct documentation.
55 virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
57 return "Deprecated. Use the target_link_libraries() command instead.";
63 virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
66 "Link libraries to all targets added later.\n"
67 " link_libraries(library1 <debug | optimized> library2 ...)\n"
68 "Specify a list of libraries to be linked into "
69 "any following targets (typically added with the add_executable "
70 "or add_library calls). This command is passed "
71 "down to all subdirectories. "
72 "The debug and optimized strings may be used to indicate that "
73 "the next library listed is to be used only for that specific "
77 /** This command is kept for compatibility with older CMake versions. */
78 virtual bool IsDiscouraged()
83 cmTypeMacro(cmLinkLibrariesCommand
, cmCommand
);