why Cmake's " file(REMOVE_RECURSE [file1 ...]) "does not remove file having *.xxx.yy extension file?

Question

I want to remove all the files from my binary directory which has ".asm.js" extension below is my source code

file (REMOVE
    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist/*.asm.js
    )

Unfortunately, It's not able to delete the file which has .asm.js extension. is there anyone who can help me with this Thanks in advance

Answer 1

As CMake docs says :

Remove the given files. The REMOVE_RECURSE mode will remove the given files and directories, also non-empty directories. No error is emitted if a given file does not exist.

So you need to do a list of files to send it to file(REMOVE)

To do it you can use :

file(GLOB MY_FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist/*.asm.js)

Or if you want to match them in subdirectories :

file(GLOB_RECURSE MY_FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist/*.asm.js)

Then you can use your command :

file (REMOVE ${MY_FILES} )

Answer 2

if you want to delete all the "asm.js" type of files in the subdirectory as well then you can use the below command

file(GLOB_RECURSE MY_FILES  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist/**/*.asm.js)