How do I see the commands issued by cmake with --build option

Question

How could I see the commands issued when I run "cmake --build . --target INSTALL" command? There doesn't seem to be an option like --versbose or something. The cmake help says that "cmake --build" is an interface to the underlying build tool, but doesn't say anything about the dump of commands issued.

The reason I need this is because, when I try to run msbuild on commandline, it fails with an error saying the target INSTALL doesn't exist in the project. However, cmake succeeds. So, I guess, cmake also might be using msbuild itself, albeit with some specific options.

Answer 1

You can pass additional options to the native build tool with the -- switch, i.e.:

cmake --build . --target INSTALL -- /verbosity:detailed