use copy

shogun-toolbox · Mar 10, 2016 · a69cd1c · a69cd1c
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commit a69cd1c
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ ENDIF(ENABLE_TESTING)
 
 # If testing is enabled we run the examples
 IF(ENABLE_TESTING)
-    # copy data symlink to cmake binary dir so that we can execute meta examples in there
-    file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data
-                                                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/data)
+    IF (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data)
+        # copy data symlink to cmake binary dir so that we can execute meta examples in there
+        file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+    ENDIF()
+
 
     # c++
     IF (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp)