# How to know the generator previously used ?

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**Created:** [October 10, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-know-the-generator-previously-used/12748 "2024-10-10T11:28:44Z")\
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Can you parse CMakeCache.txt for `CMAKE_GENERATOR:INTERNAL=Ninja` and similar? This is how I’ve done things like this from Python say.

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