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[J.Hilk]

@gregoryjithin

# copies the given files to the destination directory
defineTest(copyToDestDir) {
    files = $$1
    dir = $$2
    # replace slashes in destination path for Windows
    win32:dir ~= s,/,\\,g

    for(file, files) {
        # replace slashes in source path for Windows
        win32:file ~= s,/,\\,g

        QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY_DIR $$shell_quote($$file) $$shell_quote($$dir) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
    }

    export(QMAKE_POST_LINK)
}

copyToDestDir(from, to)

[gregoryjithin]

@j-hilk can you explain the code

[J.Hilk]

@gregoryjithin
the code & and comments should make it rather self explanatory, don't you think?

[gregoryjithin]

@j-hilk i think it just copy the file.
but I need to organize my build. when i build my app i need to put all the .lib files produced by the sub-projects in to a lib folder in the project directory. also I need to put other files to bin folder in my project directory

[J.Hilk]

@gregoryjithin it copies the whole content of on folder into the other

[gregoryjithin]

@j-hilk that's the point. I don't need it.
I already told you what I need in the above reply

[gregoryjithin]

@gregoryjithin said in SubProjects:

@j-hilk that's the point. I don't need it.
I already told you what I need in the above reply

is there anyone can help me........................................................?

[sierdzio]

@gregoryjithin said in SubProjects:

DESTDIR just move all the files

What are "all"?

You can use OBJECTS_DIR, RCC_DIR, UIC_DIR and UI_DIR to redirect all build artifacts elsewhere. See https://github.com/sierdzio/spdr/blob/master/definitions.pri (does a different thing, but could help).

[gregoryjithin]

@sierdzio it doesn't move the .lib file
and unfortunately i need that.
is there any other way

[sierdzio]

@gregoryjithin said in SubProjects:

@sierdzio it doesn't move the .lib file
and unfortunately i need that.
is there any other way

Perhaps you've just run into this bug. This is especially tricky in subprojects. Do you run with CONFIG+=ordered in your main .pro file? It can help (although it is considered bad practice).

[gregoryjithin]

@sierdzio NO.
i just used Depends keyword.

here is my pro file.

and I used pri file to configure the build
here is it.

i need to move .lib files generated by the subprojects to $$PWD/out/lib/debug
but itt move all the other files too.

[J.Hilk]

@gregoryjithin
that's actually exactly for what I use the post link function, that I posted earlier, use for

DESTDIR = plugins

# copies the given files to the destination directory
defineTest(copyToDestDir) {
    files = $$1
    dir = $$2
    # replace slashes in destination path for Windows
    win32:dir ~= s,/,\\,g

    for(file, files) {
        # replace slashes in source path for Windows
        win32:file ~= s,/,\\,g

        QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY_DIR $$shell_quote($$file) $$shell_quote($$dir) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
    }

    export(QMAKE_POST_LINK)
}

copyToDestDir(plugins, ../../MainApplication/deployment/plugins/subProject1)

[gregoryjithin]

@j-hilk
where do i put this function
also I am using windows .
what you mean by

replace slashes in destination path for Windows

this. I didn't understand.
can you please explain

[J.Hilk]

@gregoryjithin
it would go inside the project file of your sub projects (once in each, where you want top copy the dlls away from)

QMake uses / as separator that, that won't work for the native copy call on windows, so win32:file ~= s,/,\\,g automatically replaces those, if windows is detected as the target OS

[gregoryjithin]

it copied all files

but i need only the highlighted lib files.
any way to filter them.

[J.Hilk]

@gregoryjithin
I'm unsure,

qmake has a contains check
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-test-function-reference.html#contains-variablename-value

so maybe :

for(file, files) {
        # replace slashes in source path for Windows
        win32:file ~= s,/,\\,g

        contains(file, lib){
            QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY_DIR $$shell_quote($$file) $$shell_quote($$dir) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
        }
    }

untested however

[gregoryjithin]

@j-hilk said in SubProjects:

contains(file, lib){

No luck bro.
It copy all the files and remove directories but no filtering

[gregoryjithin]

@gregoryjithin said in SubProjects:

@j-hilk said in SubProjects:

contains(file, lib){

No luck bro.
It copy all the files and remove directories but no filtering

any one can help me ..................?

[J.Hilk]

@gregoryjithin
I'm afraid, I'm out of my depths, I use it as is. Took it over from a coworker 😞

Maybe someone else can help you more

[gregoryjithin]

@j-hilk said in SubProjects:

@gregoryjithin
I'm afraid, I'm out of my depths, I use it as is. Took it over from a coworker 😞

Maybe someone else can help you more

anyway thanks for your response 😇