QMake - how to copy a file to the output

Question

How can I copy a file from my project to the output directory with qmake?

I'm compiling on Linux but in the future I'll compile it on Mac and Windows.

Answer 1

You can use a qmake function for reusability:

# Copies the given files to the destination directory defineTest(copyToDestdir) {     files = $$1      for(FILE, files) {         DDIR = $$DESTDIR          # Replace slashes in paths with backslashes for Windows         win32:FILE ~= s,/,\\,g         win32:DDIR ~= s,/,\\,g          QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY $$quote($$FILE) $$quote($$DDIR) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)     }      export(QMAKE_POST_LINK) } 

then use it as follows:

copyToDestdir($$OTHER_FILES) # a variable containing multiple paths copyToDestdir(run.sh) # a single filename copyToDestdir(run.sh README) # multiple files