Error on upload of example when running Arduino from within .dmg (disk image)

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download Arduino.
2. Run Arduino from within the disk image.
3. Try to upload a sketch.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The expected output is that the sketch should get uploaded to the board.  
Instead, you get "Build 
folder disappeared or could not be written".  

There are a few possible solutions.  One is to simply provide a better error 
message.  Another is to 
improve the .dmg so that there's a shortcut to the applications folder and an 
arrow in a background 
image.  A third is to change the upload process to not use a sub-directory of 
the sketch folder/ for 
building.  

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dmel...@gmail.com on 23 Sep 2009 at 11:12

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Original comment by dmel...@gmail.com on 23 Sep 2009 at 11:57

• Changed title: Error on upload of example when running Arduino from within .dmg (disk image)

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Moved compilation during upload to the same temporary folder used during verify 
/ compile.

Original comment by dmel...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2009 at 12:12

• Changed state: Fixed

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I happen to often access the applet folder, looking for .elf and .hex files.
Now i can't easily access them, because the temp folder has a strange path on 
my osx machine.

Other people feel similar, have a look at this thread:
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1268011960

The attached patch is a suggestion on a  very simple fix: Make the temp folder 
accessible in the Sketch Menu:
* Compilation is still done in temp folder, so no regression regarding the .dmg 
issue
* Easy Access to the temp / compilation folder, where we can copy the .hex or 
.elf files from.
* No negative Effects for Beginners

Please consider this Patch for next Release of Arduino.

Best Regards,
Thomas Seiler

Original comment by thsei...@gmail.com on 28 Jun 2010 at 4:24

Attachments:

• Editor.patch