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diff --git a/docs/markdown/howtox.md b/docs/markdown/howtox.md index f05f3e8..8c8c0c0 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/howtox.md +++ b/docs/markdown/howtox.md @@ -139,6 +139,23 @@ cdata.set('SOMETHING', txt) configure_file(...) ``` +## Generate configuration data from files + +`The [fs module](#Fs-modules) offers the `read` function` which enables adding +the contents of arbitrary files to configuration data (among other uses): + +```meson +fs = import('fs') +cdata = configuration_data() +copyright = fs.read('LICENSE') +cdata.set('COPYRIGHT', copyright) +if build_machine.system() == 'linux' + os_release = fs.read('/etc/os-release') + cdata.set('LINUX_BUILDER', os_release) +endif +configure_file(...) +``` + ## Generate a runnable script with `configure_file` `configure_file` preserves metadata so if your template file has |