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Is this source file generated as part of the build or CMake process.
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Tells the internal CMake engine that a source file is generated by an outside
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-process such as another build step, or the execution of CMake itself. This
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-information is then used to exempt the file from any existence or validity
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-checks. Generated files are created by the execution of commands such as
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-:command:`add_custom_command` and :command:`file(GENERATE)`.
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-
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-When a generated file created by an :command:`add_custom_command` command
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-is explicitly listed as a source file for any target in the same
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-directory scope (which usually means the same ``CMakeLists.txt`` file),
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-CMake will automatically create a dependency to make sure the file is
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-generated before building that target.
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+process such as another build step, or the execution of CMake itself.
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+This information is then used to exempt the file from any existence or
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+validity checks.
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+
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+Any file that is
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+
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+- created by the execution of commands such as
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+ :command:`add_custom_command` and :command:`file(GENERATE)`
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+- listed as one of the ``BYPRODUCTS`` of an :command:`add_custom_command`
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+ or :command:`add_custom_target` command, or
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+- created by a CMake ``AUTOGEN`` operation such as :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC`,
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+ :prop_tgt:`AUTORCC`, or :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC`
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+
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+will be marked with the ``GENERATED`` property.
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+
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+When a generated file created as the ``OUTPUT`` of an
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+:command:`add_custom_command` command is explicitly listed as a source file
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+for any target in the same directory scope (which usually means the same
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+``CMakeLists.txt`` file), CMake will automatically create a dependency to
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+make sure the file is generated before building that target.
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+
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+The :ref:`Makefile Generators` will remove ``GENERATED`` files during
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+``make clean``.
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Generated sources may be hidden in some IDE tools, while in others they might
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be shown. For the special case of sources generated by CMake's :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC`
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