| get_property |
| ------------ |
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| Get a property. |
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| .. code-block:: cmake |
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| get_property(<variable> |
| <GLOBAL | |
| DIRECTORY [<dir>] | |
| TARGET <target> | |
| SOURCE <source> | |
| INSTALL <file> | |
| TEST <test> | |
| CACHE <entry> | |
| VARIABLE > |
| PROPERTY <name> |
| [SET | DEFINED | BRIEF_DOCS | FULL_DOCS]) |
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| Gets one property from one object in a scope. |
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| The first argument specifies the variable in which to store the result. |
| The second argument determines the scope from which to get the property. |
| It must be one of the following: |
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| ``GLOBAL`` |
| Scope is unique and does not accept a name. |
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| ``DIRECTORY`` |
| Scope defaults to the current directory but another |
| directory (already processed by CMake) may be named by the |
| full or relative path ``<dir>``. |
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| ``TARGET`` |
| Scope must name one existing target. |
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| ``SOURCE`` |
| Scope must name one source file. |
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| ``INSTALL`` |
| Scope must name one installed file path. |
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| ``TEST`` |
| Scope must name one existing test. |
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| ``CACHE`` |
| Scope must name one cache entry. |
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| ``VARIABLE`` |
| Scope is unique and does not accept a name. |
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| The required ``PROPERTY`` option is immediately followed by the name of |
| the property to get. If the property is not set an empty value is |
| returned, although some properties support inheriting from a parent scope |
| if defined to behave that way (see :command:`define_property`). |
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| If the ``SET`` option is given the variable is set to a boolean |
| value indicating whether the property has been set. If the ``DEFINED`` |
| option is given the variable is set to a boolean value indicating |
| whether the property has been defined such as with the |
| :command:`define_property` command. |
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| If ``BRIEF_DOCS`` or ``FULL_DOCS`` is given then the variable is set to a |
| string containing documentation for the requested property. If |
| documentation is requested for a property that has not been defined |
| ``NOTFOUND`` is returned. |