Error while updating a project

Question

I get the following error when trying to "update" my eclipse project :

failed due to an internal error (took 0:00.337)
   Error: Problem writing resource 
   '/sspaceex/src/PLWL_implementations/CVS/Template'. 
   A resource already exists on disk 
   '/home/ray/workspace2/sspaceex/src/PLWL_implementations/CVS/Template'.
   Error: A resource already exists on disk 
   '/home/ray/workspace2/sspaceex/src/PLWL_implementations/CVS/Template'.
   ***

Any idea why this error and how to get rid of this?

Answer 1

Error: Problem writing resource 
'/sspaceex/src/PLWL_implementations/CVS/Template'.  
A resource already exists on disk 
'/home/ray/workspace2/sspaceex/src/PLWL_implementations/CVS/Template'

Try to close as many active process as possible to check if another application does not "block" that resource.
As Narayan suggests in the comments, if it exists, check if you can delete it manually (outside eclipse) before attempting another refresh in eclipse.

The server reported an error while performing the "cvs update" command:

sspaceex: cvs update: nothing known about `doxygen/htmlclasscontinuous__sets_1_1sequence__transform__coll__graph.md5'

That should mean that the resource is removed from the file system, but not removed from CVS (i.e. on CVS server, an entry exists for this resource).
That is consistent with the failed update which was unable to write in that directory.

Answer 2

Doh,

I had to updated project configuration. This created the folder that Eclipse didn't like. Then close the project. Then reopen it. Then update project configuration again. Do a little dance and song, and violla!

In that order.

Cheers, M