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+/* Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+   file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
+#include "cmCheckCustomOutputs.h"
+
+#include "cmExecutionStatus.h"
+#include "cmMakefile.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
+#include "cmSystemTools.h"
+
+bool cmCheckCustomOutputs(const std::vector<std::string>& outputs,
+                          cm::string_view keyword, cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  cmMakefile& mf = status.GetMakefile();
+
+  for (std::string const& o : outputs) {
+    // Make sure the file will not be generated into the source
+    // directory during an out of source build.
+    if (!mf.CanIWriteThisFile(o)) {
+      status.SetError(
+        cmStrCat("attempted to have a file\n  ", o,
+                 "\nin a source directory as an output of custom command."));
+      cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Make sure the output file name has no invalid characters.
+    std::string::size_type pos = o.find_first_of("#<>");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos) {
+      status.SetError(cmStrCat("called with ", keyword, " containing a \"",
+                               o[pos], "\".  This character is not allowed."));
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}