vcpkg/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_add_to_path.md

# vcpkg_add_to_path

The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_add_to_path.md).

Add a directory or directories to the PATH environment variable

```cmake
vcpkg_add_to_path([PREPEND] [<path>...])
```

`vcpkg_add_to_path` adds all of the paths passed to it to the PATH environment variable.
If PREPEND is passed, then those paths are prepended to the PATH environment variable,
so that they are searched first; otherwise, those paths are appended, so they are
searched after the paths which are already in the environment variable.

The paths are added in the order received, so that the first path is always searched
before a later path.

If no paths are passed, then nothing will be done.

## Examples:
* [curl](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/curl/portfile.cmake#L75)
* [folly](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/folly/portfile.cmake#L15)
* [z3](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/z3/portfile.cmake#L13)

## Source
[scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_add\_to\_path.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_add_to_path.cmake)
xalan-c: Install headers correctly (#4565) * Add SKIP_CLEAN option to vcpkg_install_msbuild Also add vcpkg_clean_msbuild function to factor out clean logic and allow re-use in portfiles. * xalan-c: Correct header globbing * vcpkg_install_msbuild: SKIP_CLEAN documentation correction * [xalan-c] Add explicit check for localmsgindex header. [docs] Regenerate 2018-10-25 20:34:45 +01:00			`# vcpkg_add_to_path`

[docs] Fix the automatically generated document URL (#16611) * [document] Fix the automatically generated document URL * [docs] Format all documents 2021-03-11 01:56:07 +08:00			`The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_add_to_path.md).`
[scripts-audit] Rollup PR 2021-02-26 (#16440) * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16419 * pull the cmake doc comment parsing out into its own function * support cmake helper ports * add real support for deprecation, as opposed to ad-hoc * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16192 * add a z_ in front of internal functions * move internal functions out set feature_vars again in parent scope * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16309 Audit vcpkg_copy_pdbs * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16304 * Fix usage, documentation * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16393 * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16377 Deprecate `vcpkg__cmake` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_` from the `vcpkg-cmake` port, as well as `vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup` from the `vcpkg-cmake-config` port. 2021-02-28 13:17:19 -08:00
[scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path (#16189) * [scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path * regenerate docs 2021-02-17 10:08:50 -08:00			`Add a directory or directories to the PATH environment variable`
xalan-c: Install headers correctly (#4565) * Add SKIP_CLEAN option to vcpkg_install_msbuild Also add vcpkg_clean_msbuild function to factor out clean logic and allow re-use in portfiles. * xalan-c: Correct header globbing * vcpkg_install_msbuild: SKIP_CLEAN documentation correction * [xalan-c] Add explicit check for localmsgindex header. [docs] Regenerate 2018-10-25 20:34:45 +01:00
			```cmake
[scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path (#16189) * [scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path * regenerate docs 2021-02-17 10:08:50 -08:00			`vcpkg_add_to_path([PREPEND] [<path>...])`
xalan-c: Install headers correctly (#4565) * Add SKIP_CLEAN option to vcpkg_install_msbuild Also add vcpkg_clean_msbuild function to factor out clean logic and allow re-use in portfiles. * xalan-c: Correct header globbing * vcpkg_install_msbuild: SKIP_CLEAN documentation correction * [xalan-c] Add explicit check for localmsgindex header. [docs] Regenerate 2018-10-25 20:34:45 +01:00			```

[scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path (#16189) * [scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path * regenerate docs 2021-02-17 10:08:50 -08:00			`vcpkg_add_to_path` adds all of the paths passed to it to the PATH environment variable.
			`If PREPEND is passed, then those paths are prepended to the PATH environment variable,`
			`so that they are searched first; otherwise, those paths are appended, so they are`
			`searched after the paths which are already in the environment variable.`
xalan-c: Install headers correctly (#4565) * Add SKIP_CLEAN option to vcpkg_install_msbuild Also add vcpkg_clean_msbuild function to factor out clean logic and allow re-use in portfiles. * xalan-c: Correct header globbing * vcpkg_install_msbuild: SKIP_CLEAN documentation correction * [xalan-c] Add explicit check for localmsgindex header. [docs] Regenerate 2018-10-25 20:34:45 +01:00
[scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path (#16189) * [scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path * regenerate docs 2021-02-17 10:08:50 -08:00			`The paths are added in the order received, so that the first path is always searched`
			`before a later path.`
xalan-c: Install headers correctly (#4565) * Add SKIP_CLEAN option to vcpkg_install_msbuild Also add vcpkg_clean_msbuild function to factor out clean logic and allow re-use in portfiles. * xalan-c: Correct header globbing * vcpkg_install_msbuild: SKIP_CLEAN documentation correction * [xalan-c] Add explicit check for localmsgindex header. [docs] Regenerate 2018-10-25 20:34:45 +01:00
[scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path (#16189) * [scripts-audit] vcpkg_add_to_path * regenerate docs 2021-02-17 10:08:50 -08:00			`If no paths are passed, then nothing will be done.`
xalan-c: Install headers correctly (#4565) * Add SKIP_CLEAN option to vcpkg_install_msbuild Also add vcpkg_clean_msbuild function to factor out clean logic and allow re-use in portfiles. * xalan-c: Correct header globbing * vcpkg_install_msbuild: SKIP_CLEAN documentation correction * [xalan-c] Add explicit check for localmsgindex header. [docs] Regenerate 2018-10-25 20:34:45 +01:00
[docs] Add vcpkg functions usage examples (#5639) 2019-03-11 17:29:37 -07:00			`## Examples:`
[docs] Fix broken link 2019-03-13 13:52:20 -07:00			`* [curl](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/curl/portfile.cmake#L75)`
[docs] Add vcpkg functions usage examples (#5639) 2019-03-11 17:29:37 -07:00			`* [folly](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/folly/portfile.cmake#L15)`
			`* [z3](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/z3/portfile.cmake#L13)`

xalan-c: Install headers correctly (#4565) * Add SKIP_CLEAN option to vcpkg_install_msbuild Also add vcpkg_clean_msbuild function to factor out clean logic and allow re-use in portfiles. * xalan-c: Correct header globbing * vcpkg_install_msbuild: SKIP_CLEAN documentation correction * [xalan-c] Add explicit check for localmsgindex header. [docs] Regenerate 2018-10-25 20:34:45 +01:00			`## Source`
[scripts-audit] Rollup PR 2021-02-26 (#16440) * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16419 * pull the cmake doc comment parsing out into its own function * support cmake helper ports * add real support for deprecation, as opposed to ad-hoc * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16192 * add a z_ in front of internal functions * move internal functions out set feature_vars again in parent scope * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16309 Audit vcpkg_copy_pdbs * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16304 * Fix usage, documentation * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16393 * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16377 Deprecate `vcpkg__cmake` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_` from the `vcpkg-cmake` port, as well as `vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup` from the `vcpkg-cmake-config` port. 2021-02-28 13:17:19 -08:00			`[scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_add\_to\_path.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_add_to_path.cmake)`