How do I rebuild after deleting the release folder in Eclipse?

Question

I deleted the release folder which was generated by eclipse (CDT) when I first built my project; but now when I try rebuilding the sources, eclipse does not regenerate the complete release folder along with the make files. Rather, it reports the following error:

Errors occurred during the build.
Errors running builder 'CDT Builder' on project '<project name>'.
Resource '/<project name>/Release/objects.mk' does not exist.
Resource '/<project name>/Release/objects.mk' does not exist.

I'm using eclipse neon2 with cdt. I tried searching for a solution online, but I couldn't find any. How do I solve this problem and regenerate the release file?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 07:21

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I tried refreshing the project, by right clicking the project in the project explorer and then clicking refresh before building the project. The project now builds without any problems and the release folder got regenerated.

It would have been nice if Eclipse did that automatically.

answered Feb 01 '17 at 07:21

Sreram

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Did you try the Clean option on the Project menu next to the Build option? – nitind Feb 01 '17 at 08:52
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@Sreram for historical reasons this isn't the default, but I recommend under Preferences -> General -> Workspace -> check Refresh Automatically. – Jonah Graham Feb 01 '17 at 12:24
@Jonah Graham Thanks, it worked. Now it happens automatically. – Sreram Feb 01 '17 at 12:29

How do I rebuild after deleting the release folder in Eclipse?

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