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| author | Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> | 2019-06-30 17:13:19 +0300 |
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| committer | Dylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com> | 2019-07-01 09:53:30 -0700 |
| commit | 33aee8d113c09d51ef183e692164bc5374e80f73 (patch) | |
| tree | 537ac3270f03510782cc72f0b01ea615b20ce5e2 /docs | |
| parent | 866d105036b93704982f97dcd0afd51d081bf878 (diff) | |
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Describe array values in install_dir. [skip ci]
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Installing.md b/docs/markdown/Installing.md index 66d090d..5abfdd4 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Installing.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Installing.md @@ -115,3 +115,24 @@ command in the build tree: ```console $ meson install --no-rebuild --only-changed ``` + +## Finer control over install locations + +Sometimes it is necessary to only install a subsection of output files +or install them in different directories. This can be done by +specifying `install_dir` as an array rather than a single string. The +array must have as many items as there are outputs and each entry +specifies how the corresponding output file should be installed. For +example: + +```meson +custom_target(... + output: ['file1', 'file2', 'file3'], + install_dir: ['path1', false, 'path3'], + ... +) +``` + +In this case `file1` would be installed to `/prefix/path1/file1`, +`file2` would not be installed at all and `file3` would be installed +to `/prefix/path3/file3'. |