Re: Remove old outputs?

Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:13:25 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tools.aap.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dobes Vandermeer wrote:

> Does aap have a database of previous generated outputs, that can be used  
> to remove them if they are no longer needed?
> 
> I have several cases where it is desirable to compile the entire contents  
> of a folder (say, compiling a directory full of lua files) to produce  
> another.  If a file is deleted from the folder, then the output(s) should  
> also be deleted.
> 
> I haven't been able to tell whether any build system anywhere supports  
> this, but it seems like it should be possible.

Aap does not remember the produced files.

I know it makes sense to keep track of the produced files.  "make clean"
never deletes the files that you removed from the build script.

The big question, of course, is how to implement this...

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