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+CMakeLists.txt.user
+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeFiles
+CMakeScripts
+Testing
+Makefile
+cmake_install.cmake
+install_manifest.txt
+compile_commands.json
+CTestTestfile.cmake
+_deps
+
+bin/
+src_autogen/
+lib/
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
+project(dbc_example C CXX)
+
+# location of source code files
+include_directories( include )
+
+# tell cmake where to put the executables that it creates
+file( MAKE_DIRECTORY bin )    
+set( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY bin ) 
+
+# where to put the object files it creates
+file( MAKE_DIRECTORY lib )
+SET( LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH lib )
+
+# autogenerate code from the DBC file
+file( MAKE_DIRECTORY src_autogen )    
+add_custom_command( OUTPUT src_autogen/data.h src_autogen/data.c
+        COMMAND python3 -m cantools generate_c_source data.dbc -o src_autogen
+        MAIN_DEPENDENCY data.dbc
+        COMMENT "Autogenerate code from DBC file" )
+
+# create shared library of the autogenerated code from the DBC file
+add_library( data SHARED src_autogen/data.c )
+target_include_directories( data PUBLIC src_autogen )
+
+add_executable( can src/can.c )
+target_link_libraries( can_dbc PRIVATE data )
+
+#add_executable( demo src/demo.cpp )
+
+#add_executable( demo_raw_decode src/demo_raw_decode.cpp )
+
+#add_executable( demo_send src/demo_send.cpp )
+
+#add_executable( demo_send_c src/demo_send.c )
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