# get_directory_property

Get a property of `DIRECTORY` scope.

    get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>] <prop-name>)

Store a property of directory scope in the named variable. If the property is not defined the empty-string is returned. The `DIRECTORY` argument specifies another directory from which to retrieve the property value. The specified directory must have already been traversed by CMake.

    get_directory_property(<variable> [DIRECTORY <dir>]
                           DEFINITION <var-name>)

Get a variable definition from a directory. This form is useful to get a variable definition from another directory.

See also the more general `get_property()` command.