Build multiple projects at once - cmake

I have the following directory structure for my project
DroneSoftware/ (Top level folder)
Wings/
Propellers/
BatteryManagement/
RadioCommunication/
Gyroscope/
FlightController/
RaspBerryPi/
BeagleBone/
Arduino/
testWings.cpp
testPropellers.cpp
testWingsPropellers.cpp
testFlightController.cpp
testBatteryMgmt.cpp
testRadioComm.cpp
testGyro.cpp
I want to build all test programs at once when I do make all.
for ex.
testWings.cpp object file should be named as testWings it will use libWings.a & libFlightController.a using code in Wings/ & FlightController/
testPropellers.cpp object file should be named as testPropeller it will use libPropellers.a & libFlightController.a using code in Propellers/ & FlightController/
and so on.
I am able to build individual projects using different CMakeLists.txt for each test program, but I want everything to be included in one file only.
please help me.

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file strings requires and filename and output variable in cmake

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
serializer
iothub_client
iothub_client_mqtt_transport
umqtt
aziotsharedutil
ssl
crypto
curl
ssl..... utils)
Hello there , I am working on a project where I have a large set of libraries, and have use it like it (shown above). but instead of hardcoding these libraries explicitly,i want write it in a one line.
now I want to write it in a one line for linking, so specifically, what I have tried in the root level I have created a file called "library.lst" and in this .lst file I am giving the path of that library
build/src/con/shared/virtual/serializer/serializer.a"
build/src/con/shared/virtual/iothub_client/iothub_client.a"
build/src/con/shared/virtual/umqtt/ umqtt.a"
build/src/con/shared/virtual/utils/utlis.a
## write for every library
I am placing this .lst file in the folder called "filelist", e.g filelist/Library.lst where it will take all the libraries and will link.
so what I wrote this In each camkelists.txt where this library used by writing
file(STRINGS ${filelist} library) ,
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT NAME} ${library}),
but when I am running this script I an getting the errors like
"error:- "file strings requires and filename and output variable",
and I also have creates build.sh file where I am giving the path of it
"-D"filelist=%FILELISTSPATH%\library.lst"
" so could you please help me here and also need some explanation on it to understand it in a better way.Thanks in advance.

How to copy a scala source file to same directory (with different name) from Intellij explorer

From the screenshot below: I did a command-C copy of a scala source file - seen in the screenshot as BpmSpecs . Then went to the containing folder eventapi , right clicked and selected paste.
Well .. Intellij did a rather boneheaded thing here: it created a new directory called .. wait for it .. LocalEngineCycles.scala .. and proceeded to copy the original file into that directory under the same name as the original file.
So .. how to copy a scala source file into the same directory - and having intelllij actually help us by allowing us to supply the new filename ?
Re: possible duplicate: it is not. This problem relates to a File. I clone classes successfully all the time: IJ asks me to change the ClassName and I do it. For the file it gets confused and instead creates a new directory and places a copy of the original file inside this new directory.

How to access two different routines in two files in Trace32 CMM scripts

I have two files in two different floder locations in Trace32. I execute cd.do file_name subroutine_name in Trace32. The trace32 takes the location of first command executed as the folder from which the following commands needs to be executed. How can I execute the routines from two different folders.
There is a pretty good guide here on how to script in Trace32.
http://www2.lauterbach.com/pdf/practice_user.pdf
I do not understand why you need to have them in two different folders, shouldn't it be solved by just have it in the same folder?
Well, maybe you should simply use DO <myscript.cmm> instead of CD.DO <myscript.cmm>.
DO <myscript.cmm> executes the script at the given location but keeps the current working path.
CD.DO <myscript.cmm> changes the working path to the location of the given script and then executes the script.
However I would recommend to write your scripts in a way that it doesn't matter if they are called with CD.DO or just DO. You can achieve that with either absolute paths or with paths relative to the script locations. (I prefer the 2nd one.)
So imagine the following file structure:
C:\t32\myscripts\start.cmm
C:\t32\myscripts\folder1\routines.cmm
C:\t32\myscripts\folder2\loadapp.cmm
C:\t32\myscripts\folder2\application.elf
You can cope this structure with absolute paths like that:
start.cmm:
DO "C:/t32/myscripts/folder1/routines.cmm" subroutine_A
DO "C:/t32/myscripts/folder2/loadapp.cmm"
folder2/loadapp.cmm:
Data.LOAD.Elf "C:/t32/myscripts/folder2/application.elf"
DO "C:/t32/myscripts/folder1/routines.cmm" subroutine_B
With relative paths you could use the prefix "~~~~" before accessing other files relative from the location of the currently executed PRACTICE script. The "~~~~" is replaced with the path of the currently executed script (just like "~" stands for your home directory.) There is also a function OS.PPD() which gives you the directory of the currently executed PRACTICE script.
So above situation with relative paths look like that:
start.cmm:
DO "~~~~/folder1/routines.cmm subroutine_A"
DO "~~~~/folder2/loadapp.cmm"
folder2/loadapp.cmm:
Data.LOAD.Elf "~~~~/application.elf"
DO "~~~~/../folder1/routines.cmm" subroutine_B

Why won't MSBuild build a project with a dot in the name?

The Story So Far
I've got a nice solution with a desktop application project, a few library projects, and a couple of development tools projects (also desktop applications). At the moment, my build server outputs all of the code into one OutputPath. So we end up with
drop-x.y.z\
Company.MainApplication.exe <-- main application
Company.MainApplicationCore.dll <-- libraries
Helper.exe <-- developer tools
Grapher.exe
Parser.exe
... <-- the rest of the output
But, we're growing up and people outside of our team want access to our tools. So I want to organize the output. I decided that what we would want is a different OutputPath per executable project
drop-x.y.z\
Company.MainApplication\
Company.MainApplication.exe <-- main application
Company.MainApplicationCore.dll <-- libraries
... <-- application specific output
Helper\
Helper.exe <-- developer tools
... <-- tool specific output
Grapher\
Grapher.exe
...
Parser\
Parser.exe
...
What I Did
I found this simple command. I like it because it retains all the Solution working-dir context that makes msbuild a pain.
msbuild /target:<ProjectName>
For example, from my solution root as a working directory, I would call
PS> msbuild /target:Helper /property:OutputPath="$pwd\out\Helper"
I'm testing this from PowerShell, so that $pwd resolves to the full path to my working directory, or the Solution root in this case. I get the output I desire.
However, when I run this command
PS> msbuild /target:Company.MainApplication /property:OutputPath="$pwd\out\Company.MainApplication"
I get the following error output (there's no more information, I ran with /verbosity:diagnostic)
The target "Company.MainApplication" does not exist in the project.
What I Need
The command fails on any project with a dot or dots in the name. I tried with many combinations of working directories and properties. I tried several ways of escaping the property values. I also tried running the command from a <Task> in a targets file.
I need to know either
A) How to fix this command to work property
B) How to achieve the same output with minimal friction
Try using an underscore as an escape character for the dot in the target parameter, e.g.
msbuild /target:Company_MainApplication /property:OutputPath="$pwd\out\Company.MainApplication"
Specify the target after the -target: switch in the format :. If the project name contains any of the characters %, $, #, ;, ., (, ), or ', replace them with an _ in the specified target name.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/how-to-build-specific-targets-in-solutions-by-using-msbuild-exe?view=vs-2019
Dan Nolan's answer and comments are correct. Just want to supplement the Microsoft documentation.
The /targets: switch is to identify a <Target to run in the project file. You need to supply your .csproj file as a an argument that is not prefixed by a /xx option marker.
You might also want to work based on the .sln file. In that case, you still dont specify the project in the .sln to build in this manner. I'll leave you to search up the correct syntax in case that's what you end up doing.

CMake: export third party headers to directory

Using CMake I am using a third party library, TinyThread++, it is a simple Thread library wrapper and only contains 1 source files and 2 header files.
In my project CMakeList.txt I added the following line:
add_library(TinyThread STATIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../third_party/TinyThread/source/tinythread.cpp)
And then added a dependency to this library to the my executable this is working great.
I am trying to figure out how to copy or export the two header files to a common include directory I am using in my project.
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../include
What is the recommended way to do this?
If you simply want to "use" those headerfiles while compiling, you can use include_directories() like Naszta explains.
In case you really want to copy the files, you can use configure_file() or file( COPY ... ) (check the bottom of the section on the file() command).
I think you should do something like this:
SET(TINY_THREAD_INCLUDE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" CACHE PATH "TinyThread include path")
SET(TINY_THREAD_SOURCE_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tinythread.cpp" CACHE FILEPATH "TinyThread source file")
...
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${TINY_THREAD_INCLUDE_PATH})
ADD_LIBRARY(TinyThread STATIC ${TINY_THREAD_SOURCE_FILE})
This way you could reuse them later by their name. If you would like to hide them in normal mode:
MARK_AS_ADVANCED(TINY_THREAD_INCLUDE_PATH TINY_THREAD_SOURCE_FILE)