How to add additional directories to RSYNC used in Remote Linux Development using CMAKE

Question

I have a folder structure as shown below. When I refer to project I mean in the CMAKE sense.

Root folder:

--Project A Root:

----CMakelists.txt

----CMakeSettings.json

----Target (executable) Root:

------src

--Project B Root:

----CMakelists.txt

----CMakeSettings.json

----Target (Executable) Root:

------src

--Common Libraries:

----Target C (shared Library) Root:

------CMakelists.txt

------src

----Target D (static Library) Root:

------CMakelists.txt

------src

Project A needs both Target C and Target D to build and run. Project B is the same with the executable being different.

If I open Project A's root using open folder of Visual Studio and connect to a remote Linux machine, RSYNC syncs up the Project A's root which includes the source. It does not sync up target C and D. So when I go to generate for Project A, CMAKE complains that it cannot find target C and D's folders.

Question: Is there a way to add Target C and D's folders to the RSYNC setup in the CMakeSettings.json of Project A? I want RSYNC/Visual studio to keep the necessary source for a project synced (regardless of its location) with its Linux version from Windows.

The folder structure cannot change. I cannot create a root folder that encompasses both Project A and the Common Projects library and open that because I want Project A and B to be separate.

I also have tried adding to the RSYNC command arguments in CMakeSettings.json and that did not work.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi @Prangon Das , 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

The tag “Visual Studio” is related to general questions of Visual Studio IDE.

Your issue is more related to CMake, please report it in dedicated CMake forum.

Thanks for your understanding! 

Sincerely,

Anna

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