[CMake] Deleting a directory

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Yann Renard wrote:
> Cheers list,
>
> when using cmake for building my libraries, I add additional commands 
> in order to copy all the corresponding header tree to a target 
> directory. On clean stage, I would like to remove this tree so removed 
> the .h files one by one using ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES. This 
> empties the tree but after that, it would be nice to remove the tree 
> itself. How could I remove those directories ? cmake -E seems not to 
> be able to remove directories.

FILE(REMOVE_RECURSE [directory]...)
is what you want?  Can't remember if I've used it.  Also, I note that 
the docs list the command, but don't say what it does, although it's 
fairly obvious.

I'm going to make a feature request about sorting or indexing the 
documentation by topic.  There is a bit of a "needle in the haystack" 
feel to it now, although fortunately, it's not that big of a haystack.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every