Eclipse CDT clean fails on Windows: tries to run rm -rf

Question

I am using Juno with CDT on Windows 7. When I try to clean a project using the internal builder or make provided by MinGW, Eclipse runs the *X command rm -rf and the cl

Answer 1

The best solution is to install GnuUtils/coreutils and add the installed directory (C:\ProgramFiles\GnuWin32\bin)to your windows path then restart eclipse.

Eclipse should execute rm-rf now...

If it still doesn't work, just restart Windows (to set path in windows memeory) and check your path again to be sure it has \GnuWin32\bin . Finally start eclipse.