name: files returns: list[file] description: | This command takes the strings given to it in arguments and returns corresponding File objects that you can use as sources for build targets. The difference is that file objects remember the subdirectory they were defined in and can be used anywhere in the source tree. example: | As an example suppose you have source file `foo.cpp` in subdirectory `bar1` and you would like to use it in a build target that is defined in `bar2`. To make this happen you first create the object in `bar1` like this: ```meson foofile = files('foo.cpp') ``` Then you can use it in `bar2` like this: ```meson executable('myprog', 'myprog.cpp', foofile, ...) ``` Meson will then do the right thing. varargs: name: file type: str description: Path to the file.