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Asked: 2026-06-06T06:13:23+00:00

I get the following message: The project was not built due to File not

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I get the following message:

The project was not built due to “File not found: path/.DS_Store.”.
Fix the problem, then try refreshing this project and building it since it may be inconsistent

This is a error message I’ve never seen before. I’m running Eclipse Indigo on a Mac OSX with Lion. As far as I understand the message my .DS_Store file is responsible for me not being able to compile, but how can that file mess with my code?!

Maybe what’s interesting or not:

My file structure is as follows:

com.packagename

And it says File not found: bin/com/.DS_Store. It can’t find the .DS_Store file in my binary output folder?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try to refresh the project in the Project Navigator (F5 or Right click/Refresh).

    These error messages are most likely caused by modifications in the file system outside Eclipse (e.g. external builder, or vcs tool is used), and Eclipse detects during the build that the file is changed.

    Alternatively, if you are using a recent enough Eclipse, you could try two settings in the Preferences that might help in these cases as well: check Refresh using native hooks and Refresh on access in General/Workspace page in the Preferences dialog.

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