How to have cmake chache file not in c source directory-CodePudding

Maybe stupid question, but how do I change directory where cmake files gonna be created, so I can keep my project kinda cleaner.
For example when I run cmake -S. -B./src it is not gonna create files and directories like cmakeChache, cmakefiles and other in my source directory.
Btw I running linux.

CodePudding user response：

The syntax is:

cmake -S <PATH/TO/SOURCE_FILES> -B <PATH/TO/BUILD_OUTPUT>
cmake --build <PATH/TO/BUILD_OUTPUT> --target all

It is recommended that <PATH/TO/BUILD_OUTPUT> is not a sub directory of <PATH/TO/SOURCE_FILES>.

It should be parallel to the sources:

 -PATH
   -TO
     -BUILD_OUTPUT
     -otherstuff
     -SOURCE_FILES

Note: Most CMS(e.g. git) can be configured to not consider generated files.

CodePudding user response：

I understood how to do it. I just had CMakeLists.txt file and my source c code in another directories and I don't know how to set source path to CMakeLists.txt file and c source in the same time so I just moved CMakeLists.txt file to source directory and now I don't have to set build path to path of my source code.