1.11.12 Find broken files

If a file is removed from disk, but is still included in the project file <project>.cbp, then this ’broken file’ will be shown a broken symbol in the project view. You should use the menu ’Remove file from project’ instead of deleting files.

In large projects with a lot of subdirectories the search for broken files can be time consuming. CodeBlocks offers with the plug-in ThreadSearch (see section 2.6) a simple solution for this problem. If you enter a search expression in ThreadSearch and select the option ’Project files’ or ’Workspace files’ , then ThreadSearch will parse all files that are included in a project or workspace. If a broken file is found ThreadSerch will issue an error with the missing file.