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February 4, 2022
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Migration from TrueStudio to STM32CubeIDE, "Fail create backup of project files before conversion." No other message. How to debug this?

Hello,

We have a long-lived project that we develop in Atollic TrueStudio. It contains 4 nested projects; two C/C++ projects, and another two Eclipse projects for web development.

I have tried to import these projects using the "Import/General/Import Atollic TrueSTUDIO Project" feature, and have been mostly successful. (STM32CubeIDE version 1.8.0 from November 2021.)

Unfortunately I can't convert the second of the two C/C++ projects, and I can't figure out why.

The only message that I get is "Fail create backup of project files before conversion."

There is no log that I can find that provides more detail.

I've repeatedly tried with a variety of combination of the projects selected during the import attempt, and always with the same result.

I've noticed that the .project file is copied to .project_org, but the .cproject file is left untouched, suggesting that the .cproject file cannot be copied. The permissions on both files are -rw-rw-r-- for both files.

Is there a way to start STM32CubeIDE so that it provides more detailed information about the cause of this problem?

Thanks.

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Julien D
Julien DBest answer
ST Employee
February 4, 2022

Thanks for those files, without this no chance to understand where the issue was !

Your project is actually defining resources filters:

0693W00000JOalHQAT.pngMeans that .cproject file is present on disk but hidden from the IDE scope, so no chance for the converter to proceed.

To get the converter working I had to edit the .project file, remove all <filteredResources>[...]</filteredResources> stuff, and import the project again.

Hope this will resolve your issue too.

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Julien D
Julien D
ST Employee
February 4, 2022

In your workspace log file (<workspace_path>/.metadata/.log) you should have the related Java Stack Trace of the exception for "Fail create backup of project files before conversion.".

Could you paste it there ?

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PDools
PDoolsAuthor
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February 4, 2022

Hi Julien,

Thanks for following up.

I will attach the file. Lightly edited.

Julien D
Julien D
ST Employee
February 4, 2022

The converter actually fails because one of the 2 required files, .project and .cproject, is missing.

In your case here, error is about .cproject.

Edit: those files are project description files, internal stuff to get projects working, and storing all C/C++ settings. That is not your issue here but they must not be edited manually.

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PDools
PDoolsAuthor
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February 4, 2022

Hi Julien,

The file is not missing, I promise you. It is right there next to the .project file.

PDools
PDoolsAuthor
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February 4, 2022

... and the file .ide.log, renamed to cube_ide.log

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