How to get the target directory in PRO file - c++

Question

I am building an application in Debug mode, how to get the target directory in pro file.
I didnt explicitly mentioned the target directory using "DESTDIR"
CORE_API_PATH = $$PWD/../Bin
SEPARATOR = "/"
QT += core gui xml widgets printsupport svg
greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
TARGET = Cinemas
TEMPLATE = app
RC_ICONS += cinemas-icon.ico
qtHaveModule(opengl) {
DEFINES += QT_OPENGL_SUPPORT
QT += opengl
}
LIBS += -lQt5Concurrent -lglu32 -lopengl32 -lglut32 -LC:\Qt\Qt5.3.2\Tools\mingw482_32\i686-w64-mingw32\lib\glut -LC:\Qt\Qt5.3.2\Tools\mingw482_32\i686-w64-mingw32\lib\glu32
win32:CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += "$$quote($${CORE_API_PATH}/Release/CoreApi.dll)"
else:win32:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += "$$quote($${CORE_API_PATH}/Debug/CoreApiD.dll)"
win32:CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/SSH/lib/ -lssh2
else:win32:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/SSH/lib/ -lssh2
else:unix: LIBS += -L$$PWD/SSH/lib/ -lssh2
win32:CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/3rdparty/qwt/lib/ -lqwt
else:win32:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/3rdparty/qwt/lib/ -lqwtd
else:unix: LIBS += -L$$PWD/qwt/lib/ -libqwt
QT += concurrent network
CONFIG += c++11
RESOURCES += \
cinemasresource.qrc
FORMS += \
I want to copy the app.exe from the current folder to some other folder

Answer 1

On Windows you can use DLLDESTDIR variable which specifies where to copy the target dll or exe. Just add this to your .pro :
CONFIG(release, debug|release): DLLDESTDIR += $$PWD/../exec
On Linux you can use QMAKE_POST_LINK variable which contains the command to execute after linking the TARGET together. So it is like:
CONFIG(release, debug|release): QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(cp project $$PWD/../exec)
Here project is the name of the target file which you provide by TARGET = project
These will copy the executable binary to a directory named exec one level upper than the program working directory. You can have your arbitrary path.