External program (external_program)

Opaque object representing an external program

Returned by

External program objects are returned by the following functions and methods:

• find_program()

External program methods

external_program.found()

Returns whether the executable was found.

bool found()

external_program.full_path()

Returns a string pointing to the script or executable.

NOTE: You should not need to use this method. Passing the object itself should work in all cases.

For example:

run_command(find_program('foo'), 'arg1', 'arg2')

str full_path()

external_program.path()

Deprecated: Use external_program.full_path() instead.

Returns a string pointing to the script or executable.

NOTE: You should not need to use this method. Passing the object itself should work in all cases.

For example:

run_command(find_program('foo'), 'arg1', 'arg2')

str path()