CMakeLists.txt

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/candata.h src_autogen/candata.c
        COMMAND python3 -m cantools generate_c_source candata.dbc -o src_autogen
        MAIN_DEPENDENCY candata.dbc
        COMMENT "Autogenerate code from DBC file" )

# create shared library of the autogenerated code from the DBC file
add_library( candata SHARED src_autogen/candata.c )
target_include_directories( candata PUBLIC src_autogen )

add_executable( main src/main.c )
target_link_libraries( main PRIVATE candata )