Make: Consistent binary paths

Author: ashvardanian

.github/workflows/prerelease.yml

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build build_artifacts --config RelWithDebInfo
       - name: Test C++
         run: |
-          build_artifacts/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp17
-          build_artifacts/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp20
+          build_artifacts/fork_union_test_cpp17
+          build_artifacts/fork_union_test_cpp20
 
         # Rust
       - name: Set up Rust
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build build_artifacts --config RelWithDebInfo
       - name: Test C++
         run: |
-          build_artifacts/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp17
-          build_artifacts/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp20
+          build_artifacts/fork_union_test_cpp17
+          build_artifacts/fork_union_test_cpp20
 
         # Rust
       - name: Set up Rust
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build build_artifacts --config RelWithDebInfo
       - name: Test C++
         run: |
-          build_artifacts/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp17
-          build_artifacts/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp20
+          build_artifacts/fork_union_test_cpp17
+          build_artifacts/fork_union_test_cpp20
 
         # Rust
       - name: Set up Rust
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ jobs:
           choco install cmake
           cmake -B build_artifacts -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
           cmake --build build_artifacts --config RelWithDebInfo
+      - name: List build artifacts
+        run: Get-ChildItem -Recurse .\build_artifacts
       - name: Test C++
         run: |
           .\build_artifacts\fork_union_test_cpp17.exe

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             "type": "cppdbg",
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "Build: Debug with GDB",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build_debug/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp20",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build_debug/fork_union_test_cpp20",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "args": [],
             "setupCommands": [
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             "type": "cppdbg",
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "Build: Debug with LLDB",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build_debug/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp20",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build_debug/fork_union_test_cpp20",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "args": [],
             "setupCommands": [
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             "type": "cppdbg",
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "Build: Debug with GDB",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build_debug/scripts/fork_union_nbody",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build_debug/fork_union_nbody",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "args": [],
             "setupCommands": [

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ set_target_properties(
 target_link_libraries(fork_union_dynamic PUBLIC fork_union)
 target_link_libraries(fork_union_static PUBLIC fork_union)
 
+# Set the output directory for all executables - on Windows requires more boilerplate:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/25328001
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELWITHDEBINFO ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_MINSIZEREL ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+
 # Tests & benchmarking scripts
 include(CTest)
 if (BUILD_TESTING)

scripts/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ foreach (STD IN LISTS CXX_STANDARDS)
         PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD ${STD}
                    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
                    CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF
+                   RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     )
 
     # register it as a CTest test
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ set_target_properties(
     PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 20
                CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
                CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF
-               RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     message(STATUS "Enabling OpenMP for fork_union_nbody on GCC")