enable_language(C) add_executable(dump dump.c) # ensure no temp file will be used string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_START_TEMP_FILE}" "" CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY}") string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_END_TEMP_FILE}" "" CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY}") # Use LINKER alone add_library(linker SHARED LinkOptionsLib.c) target_link_options(linker PRIVATE "LINKER:-foo,bar") # use LAUNCH facility to dump linker command set_property(TARGET linker PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_LINK "\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dump${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\"") add_dependencies (linker dump) # Use LINKER with SHELL add_library(linker_shell SHARED LinkOptionsLib.c) target_link_options(linker_shell PRIVATE "LINKER:SHELL:-foo bar") # use LAUNCH facility to dump linker command set_property(TARGET linker_shell PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_LINK "\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dump${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\"") add_dependencies (linker_shell dump) # generate reference for LINKER flag if (CMAKE_C_LINKER_WRAPPER_FLAG) set(linker_flag ${CMAKE_C_LINKER_WRAPPER_FLAG}) list(GET linker_flag -1 linker_space) if (linker_space STREQUAL " ") list(REMOVE_AT linker_flag -1) else() set(linker_space) endif() list (JOIN linker_flag " " linker_flag) if (CMAKE_C_LINKER_WRAPPER_FLAG_SEP) string (APPEND linker_flag "${linker_space}" "-foo${CMAKE_C_LINKER_WRAPPER_FLAG_SEP}bar") else() set (linker_flag "${linker_flag}${linker_space}-foo ${linker_flag}${linker_space}bar") endif() else() set(linker_flag "-foo bar") endif() file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/LINKER.txt" "${linker_flag}")