# ctest_configure

Perform the CTest Configure Step as a Dashboard Client.

    ctest_configure([BUILD <build-dir>] [SOURCE <source-dir>] [APPEND]
                    [OPTIONS <options>] [RETURN_VALUE <result-var>] [QUIET]
                    [CAPTURE_CMAKE_ERROR <result-var>])

Configure the project build tree and record results in `Configure.xml` for submission with the `ctest_submit()` command.

The options are:

`BUILD <build-dir>`

  Specify the top-level build directory. If not given, the `CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY` variable is used.

`SOURCE <source-dir>`

  Specify the source directory. If not given, the `CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY` variable is used.

`APPEND`

  Mark `Configure.xml` for append to results previously submitted to a dashboard server since the last `ctest_start()` call. Append semantics are defined by the dashboard server in use. This does not cause results to be appended to a `.xml` file produced by a previous call to this command.

`OPTIONS <options>`

  Specify command-line arguments to pass to the configuration tool.

`RETURN_VALUE <result-var>`

  Store in the `<result-var>` variable the return value of the native configuration tool.

`CAPTURE_CMAKE_ERROR <result-var>`

  New in version 3.7.

  Store in the `<result-var>` variable -1 if there are any errors running the command and prevent ctest from returning non-zero if an error occurs.

`QUIET`

  New in version 3.3.

  Suppress any CTest-specific non-error messages that would have otherwise been printed to the console. Output from the underlying configure command is not affected.