Declaring bin and build directories

mellow

I have a project with subdirs app, src and tests. When I compile the project, I would like for the executable to go to bin subdirectory and all the object and moc files to go to build subdirectory. How do I do this? I would like it to work so that if I clone the project to another computer, it will automatically compile to these directories without having to change any settings.

I have also another question. When I hit run in qt creator, it only runs the tests. Can I somehow make it run the tests and the app?

Chris Kawa

You can specify various output paths in the .pro file, for example:

DESTDIR = ../bin
MOC_DIR = ../build
RCC_DIR = ../build
UI_DIR = ../build
OBJECTS_DIR = ../build

mellow

@Chris-Kawa Yes that's it thank you. Now how would I specify different build folders for release and debug? I.e. build/release and build/debug.

Chris Kawa

One way to do this:

CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    MYVARIABLE= debug
}
CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
    MYVARIABLE= release
}

DESTDIR = ../bin/$$MYVARIABLE
MOC_DIR = ../build/$$MYVARIABLE
...

mellow

Thank you!