files()

This command takes the strings given to it in arguments and returns corresponding File objects that you can use as sources for build targets. The difference is that file objects remember the subdirectory they were defined in and can be used anywhere in the source tree.

# This command takes the strings given to it in arguments and returns
array[file] files(
  str file...,  # Path to the file
)

Example

As an example suppose you have source file foo.cpp in subdirectory bar1 and you would like to use it in a build target that is defined in bar2. To make this happen you first create the object in bar1 like this:

    foofile = files('foo.cpp')

Then you can use it in bar2 like this:

    executable('myprog', 'myprog.cpp', foofile, ...)

Meson will then do the right thing.

Arguments

The function accepts between 0 and infinity variadic arguments (file...) of type str.

Path to the file.