Purpose of the “Build Automatically” option in eclipse

Question

What is the purpose of Build Automatically option in Eclipse (Project-->Build Automatically)? Mine will alwa

Answer 1

One thing that people didn't mention here (and it took a while for me to figure this out too) is that eclipse build (either automatic or manual) would basically follow what you have outlined in the project's "Java Build Path" source tab. So when a file is covered in that build source tab, when you change the file, it gets copied/compiled to the output folder that was specified for that directory/file.