<p>Read the CMake documentation and find out whether or not it is possible to create a symlink when on systems that support symlinks, and then do that.  If that isn't possible, then copying the executable is the best option.</p>

<p>The CMake documentation is quite comprehensive:<br>
<a href="https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.5/">https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.5/</a><br>
<a href="https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.5/manual/cmake-commands.7.html">https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.5/manual/cmake-commands.7.html</a></p>

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