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@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ Exactly one ``CONTENT`` or ``INPUT`` option must be given. A specific
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Generated files are modified on subsequent cmake runs only if their content
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is changed.
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+Note also that ``file(GENERATE)`` does not create the output file until the
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+generation phase. The output file will not yet have been written when the
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+``file(GENERATE)`` command returns, it is written only after processing all
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+of a project's ``CMakeLists.txt`` files.
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Brad King