How to not add Release or Debug to output path?

Question

Here is my current settings for output :

set( EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")
set( LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")
set( RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")

But for some reason I do not want (MSVS) put out files to bin/Release or Debug folders in my bin folder. Can I realize it using CMake somehow?

thank you

Answer 1

A similar question was asked a few months ago, where I advised the use of target properties and also referred to another answer. For MSVC you can completely specify the locations of executables, libraries, archives, etc. on a per-configuration basis.

E.g. using something like:

if ( MSVC )
    set_target_properties( ${targetname} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${youroutputdirectory} )
    set_target_properties( ${targetname} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${youroutputdirectory} )
    set_target_properties( ${targetname} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${youroutputdirectory} )
    # etc for the other available configuration types (MinSizeRel, RelWithDebInfo)
endif ( MSVC )

which will put all your libraries in a single output-directory ${youroutputdirectory}, whether it is in Debug or Release config.