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Use the file() CREATE_LINK command to create symlinks when running cmake #1504

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion CMakeLists.txt
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## MPAS-Model
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
# cmake version in ncarenv/23.06
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26)

@mgduda mgduda Sep 4, 2026

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Is CMake 3.26 required by the other changes in this PR? If not, perhaps there's no need to otherwise require a newer version of CMake.


include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Functions/MPAS_Functions.cmake)
get_mpas_version(MPAS_VERSION)
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/core_atmosphere/CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ set(PHYSICS_WRF_DATA_DIR ${mpas_data_SOURCE_DIR}/atmosphere/physics_wrf/files)
file(GLOB PHYSICS_WRF_DATA RELATIVE ${PHYSICS_WRF_DATA_DIR} "${PHYSICS_WRF_DATA_DIR}/*")
file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/core_atmosphere)
foreach (data_file IN LISTS PHYSICS_WRF_DATA)
execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${PHYSICS_WRF_DATA_DIR}/${data_file}
${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/core_atmosphere/${data_file})
file(CREATE_LINK ${PHYSICS_WRF_DATA_DIR}/${data_file}
${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/core_atmosphere/${data_file} SYMBOLIC)
endforeach ()
install(DIRECTORY ${PHYSICS_WRF_DATA_DIR}/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/core_atmosphere)

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