Clean a project or application

When you clean, Genero Studio removes all output files for the selected node and its children.

About this task
The output files refer to the files created when you build or rebuild an application or project, such as the executable program files for the application node.
Note:

You can identify which files are output files by looking at definitions in the build and link rules. Both the Build tab and the Link tab provide the criteria that determines which files are created as output files for the selected node.

If you select the Clean all menu option, all output files generated by the project will be removed.

If you select the Clean menu option, all output files for the selected node and its children and dependencies will be removed. If the command is executed from the top menu, the default application node is the selected node; otherwise the selected node is whichever node you right-clicked to show the contextual menu.

If you select the Clean only selected nodes menu option, only the output files for the selected node will be removed. Child nodes and dependencies remain untouched.

Steps

  1. To clean the output files for the entire project, either:
    • Select Build > Clean all from the top menu.
    • Right-click on the project node and select Clean all.
  2. To clean the output files for the default application, select Build > Clean from the top menu.
  3. To clean the output files for any application or project node and its children and dependencies, right-click on the application or project node and select Clean.
  4. To clean the output files for a specific node or nodes:
    1. Select the nodes.
      Hold the CTRL key to select multiple nodes.
    2. With the nodes selected and the CTRL key still pressed, right-click on one of the nodes and select Clean only selected nodes.

Depending on where you issued the command, the output files are removed from disk.