Install headers only .pro file

armando.navarro

Dear members,
I am trying to create a .pro file which should only install some header files in a specified directory without compiling or linking anything.
Is there a simple way to do that ? Which kind of qmake template should I use ?
Thanks in advance

ankursaxena

If u r using qt creator then u can simply right click on the project-> select the Add Existing File and then select any file . It will include in the project.

armando.navarro

Hi,
The problem is that i want simply to install some template headers in a specific location. I tried to create a kind of dummy static library. However, in MacOSX at least, the system refuses to create a empty static library.
I could in principle install the headers from the higher level .pro file but i would prefer to have a self-contained solution.

adolby

Here's how you can use qmake (in a .pro file) to copy files to the destination directory:

"http://stackoverflow.com/q/3984104/1583123":http://stackoverflow.com/q/3984104/1583123

You can also choose an arbitrary directory, by taking "this answer":http://stackoverflow.com/a/10058744/1583123 and changing DDIR to whatever directory you want.

It'll look like this:
@# Copies the given files to an arbitrary directory
defineTest(copyToDir) {
files = $$1

for(FILE, files) {
    DDIR = C:\test

    # Replace slashes in paths with backslashes for Windows
    win32:FILE ~= s,/,\\,g
    win32:DDIR ~= s,/,\\,g

    QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY $$quote($$FILE) $$quote($$DDIR) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
}

export(QMAKE_POST_LINK)

}

copyToDir(C:/YourProject/CopyTest/testHeader.h)@

Also, note that the copy will only happen after the link step runs, which means the copy won't happen if you try to build and no link needs to be performed.