How do I produce only an object file (*.o) from a CMake build target?

Question

I\'m trying to build an object file using CMake, but I can\'t seem to get CMake to build something other than a complete executable. I\'m basically looking for the result of the

Answer 1

I would go the custom command path. Remember you can still use those object files for compilation with CMake latter if you set the GENERATED and EXTERNAL_OBJECT source file properties.