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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'. |