# add a sub directory that is not visible in current directory

**URL:** <https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-a-sub-directory-that-is-not-visible-in-current-directory/8034>\
**Category:** Code\
**Tags:** os:windows\
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-a-sub-directory-that-is-not-visible-in-current-directory/8034 "2023-05-02T07:05:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![hamidrezamaddah](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/hamidrezamaddah/32/3202_2.png) [@hamidrezamaddah](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/hamidrezamaddah)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-a-sub-directory-that-is-not-visible-in-current-directory/8034/1 "2023-05-02T07:05:06Z")

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how to add a directory with add\_subdirectory that is not visible in current directory. I don’t want to use absolute address

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**Author:** ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-a-sub-directory-that-is-not-visible-in-current-directory/8034/2 "2023-05-02T13:00:13Z")

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You can use relative paths.