Hallo, Paul & Make cognoscenti, It seem GNU Make does not provide a way to detect and remove out of date targets.
It also seems that providing such a capability would be consistent with the purpose of Make. I think what I am asking for is an option that identifies the identical targets as does `--touch` but instead of `touch`ing the identified targets, it deletes them. I often find myself in a position of not wanting (yet) to re-make out of date targets, but to simply remove them. FWIW, if it matters to the consideration, I wish for this mainly when using make in less conventional ways - as a means of implementing a scientific workflow. Thoughts? Considerations? Thanks, Malcolm Cook Manager, Database Applications Big Data AI and Genomics Stowers Institute for Medical Research
