Copy built files to new location from a Qt Project file

**wysota** · 17th December 2010, 23:15

I use this:

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dlltarget.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]                                                                               
target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]                                                                                  
INSTALLS += target dlltarget

dlltarget.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]                                                                               
target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]                                                                                  
INSTALLS += target dlltarget

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Then a simple "make install" does the trick. Of course adjust the paths to your liking.

**gmat4321** · 18th December 2010, 04:56

Everall:
backslahes won't work with cygwin's 'cp'

wysota:
I not sure I can call 'make install'. I'm running from Qt Creator do a large build via SUBDIR and I'll need to move files around to automate testing.

Does anyone know the correct Windows/DOS command I can use with QMAKE_POST_LINK? I tried:

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QMAKE_POST_LINK=cmd.exe /C copy \Projects\TestFile.txt \Projects\OSPF\TestFile.txt

QMAKE_POST_LINK=cmd.exe /C copy \Projects\TestFile.txt \Projects\OSPF\TestFile.txt

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and I get:
The system cannot find the file specified

What seems simple is turning out to be diffcuilt because the commands appear to be interpreted and not passed on directly.

**wysota** · 18th December 2010, 08:08

Originally Posted by gmat4321

I not sure I can call 'make install'. I'm running from Qt Creator do a large build via SUBDIR and I'll need to move files around to automate testing.

Sure you can. At least with recent versions of Creator. I think you can even invoke it automatically from qmake after building the project using QMAKE_POST_LINK but I'm not sure of that.