Copy a file to the build directory after compiling project with Qt
You probably want to use the INSTALLS
keyword in QMake. It will require you to run make install
after your build, but it does work cross-platform.
install_it.path = %{buildDir}
install_it.files += %{sourceDir}/settings.ini
INSTALLS += install_it
To copy %{sourceDir}/settings.ini
to the build directory without requiring to call make install
use:
copydata.commands = $(COPY_DIR) $$PWD/settings.ini $$OUT_PWD
first.depends = $(first) copydata
export(first.depends)
export(copydata.commands)
QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += first copydata
$$PWD
is the path of current .pro
file. If your settings.ini
file is not located in the same directory than the project file, then use something like $$PWD/more_dirs_here/settings.ini
Note: I found this solution here. I recommend to read the whole article as it explains how it works.