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Can I link a dynamic web project source and output folders to external directories ? [message #524148]

Tue, 30 March 2010 14:02

sasha
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Registered: July 2009

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I guess in unix I ciuld use some kind of symlinks... dont know how to do it
on windows. Will this work at all ?
thanks

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Re: Can I link a dynamic web project source and output folders to external directories ? [message #524179 is a reply to message #524148]

Wed, 31 March 2010 01:39

Sarika Sinha
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Registered: February 2010
Location: Bangalore, India

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Hi,
You can open the Properties page of the project, select Java Build Path and try "Link Source" button in the Source Tab .

Sarika Sinha
WTP Programmer
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Re: Can I link a dynamic web project source and output folders to external directories ? [message #524710 is a reply to message #524179]

Thu, 01 April 2010 18:26

sasha
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thankyou,
With your suggestion, I can associate the source folder with some folder
outside my workspace, but what about the output folder ? Can I make the
output folder linked to a folder outside my project (its ok if its in the
same workspace )?
That does not appear possible...
I need this to be able to automatically update a library directory which all
my webapp modules in the ear project share. I want to do this independant of
ant builds.

"Sarika Sinha" <sarika.sinha@in.ibm.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> You can open the Properties page of the project, select Java Build Path
> and try "Link Source" button in the Source Tab .

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Re: Can I link a dynamic web project source and output folders to external directories ? [message #524987 is a reply to message #524148]

Mon, 05 April 2010 01:56

Sarika Sinha
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Yes, that does not seem possible. It can be placed anywhere inside the project scope.

Sarika Sinha
WTP Programmer
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Re: Can I link a dynamic web project source and output folders to external directories ? [message #525254 is a reply to message #524710]

Mon, 05 April 2010 12:34

sasha
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Registered: July 2009

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I think I founid the answer. I had never tried the eclipse linked folders
feature. I just created linked folders under my project for my output folder
and it seems to work. At least as far as putting the generated classes into
it.
I wish this feature was in a more obvjous place! anyway its an eclipse thing
not WTP project specific...
Now I have another problem. Getting WTP to ignore the .svn folders inside
the linked folders... somehow the exclude folders options does not seem to
work. sigh. this should not be so much work/

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