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"Could not delete" error [message #147128]

Thu, 06 April 2006 23:43

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dolachin.yahoo.com

Hi,

My code does not compile with the following error message:

The project was not built due to "Could not delete: /PmgJUtils/bin/db.".
Fix the problem, then try refreshing this project and building it since it
may be inconsistent

That is one of my output dirs, but the error persists no matter what, even
if I delete the directory by hand.

Thanks!

Re: "Could not delete" error [message #147257 is a reply to message #147128]

Fri, 07 April 2006 10:57

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dolachin.yahoo.com

tintu wrote:

> Dola Chin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My code does not compile with the following error message:
>>
>> The project was not built due to "Could not delete: /PmgJUtils/bin/db.".
>> Fix the problem, then try refreshing this project and building it since
>> it may be inconsistent
>>
>> That is one of my output dirs, but the error persists no matter what,
>> even if I delete the directory by hand.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>

> close eclipse workbench
> delete the dir by hand refresh it and again try
> if the dir is imp one cut n paste it somewhere

Please forgive my ignorance about my favorite application :), but exactly
is "workbench"? Does that mean close Eclipse?

Re: "Could not delete" error [message #147422 is a reply to message #147257]

Sat, 08 April 2006 13:11

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dalroth5.hotmail.com

Hi Chin.

Yes it does mean that. 'Workbench' is the usual Eclipse name for the
IDE itself.

BTW, another very useful thing to try whenever you get problems like
this is to start eclipse with an extra argument of '-clean'.

The '-clean' argument tells Eclipse to get rid of stuff which it
normally caches between work sessions. The cache is there to improve
startup performance, but sometimes it retains references to things
which no longer exist and that can make it fall over as you describe.

HTH

Steve

Re: "Could not delete" error [message #147461 is a reply to message #147422]

Sat, 08 April 2006 22:52

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dolachin.yahoo.com

Thank you. Using -clean now. (My instanse of Eclipse runs for an average
of 2 weeks so start up performance is not a considereation!)

Thanks again!

Re: "Could not delete" error [message #147466 is a reply to message #147461]

Sat, 08 April 2006 23:00

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dolachin.yahoo.com

Actually I spoke too soon!

The same problem is still there. It's complaining about not being able to
delete a directory which by now, no longer exists!

That's the darnest thing!

Thanks!

Dola

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