cmake creating visual studio solution on the command line

Question

I am using cmake 2.6.4 WinXP Pro Compiling on Visual studio 2008 VC Express edition

I can create the solution files by using the cmake-GUI. However, I don't want to use the cmake-GUI, as I always prefer the command line.

However, I am having a problem creating the solution file from the command line.

I am doing 'out of source' and this is my directory structure:

project/
    src/
    build/

I can run cmake from the build directory.

cmake ../src

However, when I try this:

cmake ../src --visual studio 2008

It doesn't work and doesn't create the solution files.

Am I doing something wrong?

Many thanks for any suggestions,

Answer 1

Yes, you are doing it wrong. Try invoking

cmake

to see how options are passed to it on the command line.

For your specific case, it will be:

cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" ..\src