How do I turn off dSYM files when running C++ files from Visual Studio Code using the Clang++ compiler?

Question

When I ⌘⇧B to build the file, it makes both a Unix Executable, and a .dSYM file. As I don't do iOS dev, is there a way to turn this behaviour off?

The file hierarchy is as follows:

helloworld.dSYM

     Resources

          DWARF

               helloworld [A document]
     Info.plist

helloworld [A unix executable]

helloworld.cpp

Answer 1

The default tasks.json file in VSCode is something like:

            "args": [
                "-fcolor-diagnostics",
                "-fansi-escape-codes",
                "-g",
                "${file}",
                "-o",
                "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"

To get rid of the dSYM directory you just have to add a 0 (zero) to the -g flag.

By specifying -g0, you are telling the compiler to generate minimal debug information or completely omit debug symbols. This will prevent the creation of dSYM files during the compilation process.

A simple example:

clang++ -g0 -o output_file source_file.cpp