Copy files to output directory keeping the original path

[Mark81]

I want to copy some file to the output directory after build and I wrote this in my project file:

OTHER_FILES += \
    languages\translation_it.qm \
    languages\translation_en.qm

win32 {
    DESTDIR_WIN = $${OUT_PWD}
    DESTDIR_WIN ~= s,/,\\,g
    PWD_WIN = $${PWD}
    PWD_WIN ~= s,/,\\,g
    for(FILE, OTHER_FILES){
        QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(cmd /c copy /y $${PWD_WIN}\\$${FILE} $${DESTDIR_WIN}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t))
    }
}

It works, but:

1. it copies the files only when a rebuild is issued. I'd like it copies them after each build
2. it doesn't keep the original path. I.e. it copies the files (translation_en.qm) to the destination directory, without the path (languages/)
3. the OUT_DIR is where the intermediate files are places, what is the real output directory, where the executables are? I.e. OUT_DIR/debug

[koahnig]

@Mark81 said in Copy files to output directory keeping the original path:

1. it copies the files only when a rebuild is issued. I'd like it copies them after each build

If there is a successful link involved it should work.

@Mark81 said in Copy files to output directory keeping the original path:

2. it doesn't keep the original path. I.e. it copies the files (translation_en.qm) to the destination directory, without the path (languages/)

That is an issue of copy command restrictions. You may want to check xcopy which is more powerful. However, IIRC it also does not provide the functionality required.

@Mark81 said in Copy files to output directory keeping the original path:

3. the OUT_DIR is where the intermediate files are places, what is the real output directory, where the executables are? I.e. OUT_DIR/debug

Why not using DESTDIR?

[J.Hilk]

To add to what @koahnig said,
here's an excerpt from my current .pro file. Copies files(including specific sub dirs) just fine.

TEMPLATE    = app
DESTDIR     = deployment

# 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($$PWD/translations, deployment/translations)
copyToDestDir($$PWD/data/data, deployment/data)
copyToDestDir($$PWD/data/Logo, deployment/Logo)

[Mark81]

@koahnig said in Copy files to output directory keeping the original path:

If there is a successful link involved it should work.

You're right, I changed nothing hence it did nothing!

Why not using DESTDIR?

Because I have to set it manually. But I can live with that... I just set it and it works - of course.

[Mark81]

@J.Hilk said in Copy files to output directory keeping the original path:

To add to what @koahnig said,
here's an excerpt from my current .pro file. Copies files(including specific sub dirs) just fine.

Thank you very much. It works for me too! Just a question: it doesn't support wildcards, does it? I.e., something like:

copyToDestDir($$PWD/translations/*.qm, deployment/translations)

[J.Hilk]

@Mark81

I don't think so, I'm not an expert with the pro file :-), this one I cobbled together from different documentation examples and a stackoverflow thread.

maybe someone else can give you a better answer to that.

[SGaist]

Hi,

IIRC, you can use QMAKE_COPY_DIR) for copying the content of a folder.