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A Tool Variable with no extension [message #41374]

Thu, 09 January 2003 18:15

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: bbagnall.escape.ca

Hi,

I'm setting up custom tools in Eclipse and trying to pick out the name of a
file, without using the extension. For example if the filename is 'hello.c',
I'd like the tool arguments to pick out the name 'hello' and drop the file
extension.

I went through all the project variables supplied by Eclipse and none of
them gives this option. Do I need to create a makefile in order to have this
kind of functionality? I'm using Windows, so if there is a way to do this in
a batch file that would also be helpful.

Note: The reason for this is I need to run the compiled binary file using an
emulator. This file has no extension, and uses the same name as the main
source file.

Brian Bagnall
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My homepage http://www.mts.net/~bbagnall

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Re: A Tool Variable with no extension [message #41406 is a reply to message #41374]

Thu, 09 January 2003 22:37

Jonathan Gossage

Messages: 42
Registered: July 2009

Member

"Brian Bagnall" <bbagnall@escape.ca> wrote in message
news:avkdcq$lu3$1@rogue.oti.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up custom tools in Eclipse and trying to pick out the name of
a
> file, without using the extension. For example if the filename is
'hello.c',
> I'd like the tool arguments to pick out the name 'hello' and drop the file
> extension.
>
> I went through all the project variables supplied by Eclipse and none of
> them gives this option. Do I need to create a makefile in order to have
this
> kind of functionality? I'm using Windows, so if there is a way to do this
in
> a batch file that would also be helpful.
>
> Note: The reason for this is I need to run the compiled binary file using
an
> emulator. This file has no extension, and uses the same name as the main
> source file.
>
> Brian Bagnall
>
You can do this using Windows batch files. The syntax is %~nx where x is the
index of the argument containing the full file name. See the topic "Using
batch parameters" in "Support and help" for more details.

Regards

Jonathan Gossage

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