# write_file

Deprecated. Use the `file(WRITE)` command instead.

    write_file(filename "message to write"... [APPEND])

The first argument is the file name, the rest of the arguments are messages to write. If the argument `APPEND` is specified, then the message will be appended.

NOTE 1: `file(WRITE)` and `file(APPEND)` do exactly the same as this one but add some more functionality.

NOTE 2: When using `write_file` the produced file cannot be used as an input to CMake (CONFIGURE_FILE, source file …) because it will lead to an infinite loop. Use `configure_file()` if you want to generate input files to CMake.