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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 2498b98..d875098 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ finally use it in a call to `configure_file`. generated_file = configure_file(...) ``` -This function can run in two modes depending on the keyword arguments +This function can run in three modes depending on the keyword arguments passed to it. When a [`configuration_data()`](#configuration_data) object is passed @@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ When a list of strings is passed to the `command:` keyword argument, it takes any source or configured file as the `input:` and assumes that the `output:` is produced when the specified command is run. +Since *0.47.0*, when the `copy:` keyword argument is set to `true`, +this function will copy the file provided in `input:` to a file in the +build directory with the name `output:` in the current directory. + These are all the supported keyword arguments: - `capture` when this argument is set to true, Meson captures `stdout` @@ -187,6 +191,8 @@ These are all the supported keyword arguments: - `command` as explained above, if specified, Meson does not create the file itself but rather runs the specified command, which allows you to do fully custom file generation. +- `copy` *(added 0.47.0)* as explained above, if specified Meson only + copies the file from input to output. - `format` *(added 0.46.0)* the format of defines. It defaults to `meson`, and so substitutes `#mesondefine` statements and variables surrounded by `@` characters, you can also use `cmake` to replace `#cmakedefine` statements and variables with the `${variable}` syntax. Finally you can use |