Adding an Existing Folder to Eclipse project (STS)

Question

I have an error in the Problems window of Eclipse that says....

The project was not built due to "Error deleting resource 'ProjectName/target/classes/log4j.xml' from the workspace tree." .Fix the problem, then try refreshing this project and building it since it may be inconsistent.

The problem I'm having is that the classes/log4j.xml exist on the file system, but I can't import it. When I go to File > Import > General > File System and choose the classes/log4j.xml as the source I get a message saying that "Source is in the heirarchy of the destination" and it doesn't allow me to finish the wizard.

What do I need to do to get the project to recognize

Answer 1

Provide the destination folder, see Into folder text field under From directory

Since it's empty, Eclipse thinks that you want to add log4j.xml to the same place