# Figure out if we need -lstdc++fs or -lc++fs and add it to the `filesystem` interface, if needed # (otherwise just leave it an empty interface library; linking to it will do nothing). The former # is needed for gcc before v9, and the latter with libc++ before llvm v9. But this gets more # complicated than just using the compiler, because clang on linux by default uses libstdc++, so # we'll just give up and see what works. add_library(filesystem INTERFACE) set(filesystem_code [[ #include int main() { auto cwd = std::filesystem::current_path(); return !cwd.string().empty(); } ]]) check_cxx_source_compiles("${filesystem_code}" filesystem_compiled) if(filesystem_compiled) message(STATUS "No extra link flag needed for std::filesystem") set(filesystem_is_good 1) else() foreach(fslib stdc++fs c++fs) set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES -l${fslib}) check_cxx_source_compiles("${filesystem_code}" filesystem_compiled_${fslib}) if (filesystem_compiled_${fslib}) message(STATUS "Using -l${fslib} for std::filesystem support") target_link_libraries(filesystem INTERFACE ${fslib}) set(filesystem_is_good 1) break() endif() endforeach() endif() unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES) if(filesystem_is_good EQUAL 1) message(STATUS "we have std::filesystem") else() message(FATAL_ERROR "we don't have std::filesystem") endif()