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+# Copyright (c) 2016, Kornel Benko, <kornel@lyx.org>
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+# documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+# 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+# derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+# OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+# IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+# INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+# NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+# THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+# To call this script, one has to provide following parameters
+# FILE_TO_HANDLE
+# MD5_OUTPUT
+
+# Use-example in some CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# set(md5out ...)
+# set(fileToCheck ...)
+# add_custom_command(
+# OUTPUT ${md5out}
+# COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+# "-DFILE_TO_HANDLE=${fileToCheck}"
+# "-DMD5_OUTPUT=${md5out}"
+# -P ${TOP_SCRIPT_PATH}/CtreateMD5MD5.cmake
+# DEPENDS ")
+#
+# add_custom_target(lyxmd5 DEPENDS ${md5out})
+
+if (NOT EXISTS "${FILE_TO_HANDLE}")
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "File \"${FILE_TO_HANDLE}\" does not exit, cannot create md5")
+elseif(IS_DIRECTORY "${FILE_TO_HANDLE}")
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "Name \"${FILE_TO_HANDLE}\" refers to a directory, cannot create md5")
+else()
+ file(MD5 "${FILE_TO_HANDLE}" md5val)
+ file(WRITE "${MD5_OUTPUT}" ${md5val})
+endif()