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<section id="get-filename-component">
<span id="command:get_filename_component"></span><h1>get_filename_component<a class="headerlink" href="#get-filename-component" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Get a specific component of a full filename.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.20: </span>This command has been superseded by <span class="target" id="index-0-command:cmake_path"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake_path.html#command:cmake_path" title="cmake_path"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake_path()</span></code></a> command, except
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">REALPATH</span></code> now offered by <a class="reference internal" href="file.html#real-path"><span class="std std-ref">file(REAL_PATH)</span></a> command and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PROGRAM</span></code> now available in <span class="target" id="index-0-command:separate_arguments"></span><a class="reference internal" href="separate_arguments.html#command:separate_arguments" title="separate_arguments"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">separate_arguments(PROGRAM)</span></code></a> command.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.24: </span>The undocumented feature offering the capability to query the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Windows</span></code>
registry is superseded by
<a class="reference internal" href="cmake_host_system_information.html#query-windows-registry"><span class="std std-ref">cmake_host_system_information(QUERY WINDOWS_REGISTRY)</span></a>
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<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">get_filename_component(</span><span class="nv"><var></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><FileName></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><mode></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">CACHE</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>Sets <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><var></span></code> to a component of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><FileName></span></code>, where <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><mode></span></code> is one of:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>DIRECTORY = Directory without file name
NAME = File name without directory
EXT = File name longest extension (.b.c from d/a.b.c)
NAME_WE = File name with neither the directory nor the longest extension
LAST_EXT = File name last extension (.c from d/a.b.c)
NAME_WLE = File name with neither the directory nor the last extension
PATH = Legacy alias for DIRECTORY (use for CMake <= 2.8.11)
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.14: </span>Added the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LAST_EXT</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NAME_WLE</span></code> modes.</p>
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<p>Paths are returned with forward slashes and have no trailing slashes.
If the optional <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CACHE</span></code> argument is specified, the result variable is
added to the cache.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">get_filename_component(</span><span class="nv"><var></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><FileName></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><mode></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">BASE_DIR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><dir></span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">CACHE</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
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<p>Sets <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><var></span></code> to the absolute path of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><FileName></span></code>, where <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><mode></span></code> is one
of:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>ABSOLUTE = Full path to file
REALPATH = Full path to existing file with symlinks resolved
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<p>If the provided <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><FileName></span></code> is a relative path, it is evaluated relative
to the given base directory <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><dir></span></code>. If no base directory is
provided, the default base directory will be
<span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR.html#variable:CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR" title="CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Paths are returned with forward slashes and have no trailing slashes. If the
optional <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CACHE</span></code> argument is specified, the result variable is added to the
cache.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">get_filename_component(</span><span class="nv"><var></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><FileName></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">PROGRAM</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">PROGRAM_ARGS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><arg_var></span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">CACHE</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>The program in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><FileName></span></code> will be found in the system search path or
left as a full path. If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PROGRAM_ARGS</span></code> is present with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PROGRAM</span></code>, then
any command-line arguments present in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><FileName></span></code> string are split
from the program name and stored in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><arg_var></span></code>. This is used to
separate a program name from its arguments in a command line string.</p>
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<h2>See Also<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<li><p><span class="target" id="index-1-command:cmake_path"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake_path.html#command:cmake_path" title="cmake_path"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake_path()</span></code></a></p></li>
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