CMake syntax structure description

Article directory

• 1. Organization
• • 1. Table of Contents
  • 2. Script
  • 3. Modules
• 2. Grammar
• • 1. Encoding
  • 2. Source files
  • 3. Command call
  • 4. Command parameters
  • • (1) Bracket parameters
    • (2) Parameters with quotes
    • (3) Unquoted parameters
  • 5. Escape sequences
  • 6. Variable reference
  • 7. Comments
  • • (1) Bracket comments
    • (2) Line comments
• 3. Control structure
• • 1. Conditional block
  • 2. Loop
  • 3. Command definition
• 4. Variables
• 5. Environment variables
• 6. List

1. Organization

CMake input files are written in the CMake language in a source file named CMakeLists.txt, or end with the .CMake file extension.
The CMake language source files in the project are organized as:

• Directories (CMakeLists.txt),
• Scripts (