| workspace: how to migrate from default location in Windows? [message #169303] |
Mon, 04 September 2006 14:51  |
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Originally posted by: jlpoole.sbcglobal.net
When I installed Eclipse, now Version: 3.1.2
Build id: M20060118-1600, on Windows XP, I went with the default
settings and my workspace was set up under C:\Documents and
Settings\jlpoole\workspace. I rue that decision.
As it turns out, this is not an ideal place to set up a workspace as it
is in a lower level directory and the directory path contains space
characters (e.g. "Documents and Settings").
I've read the staging a build of Mozilla's Firefox requires you to have
a path that has no spaces. I'd like to pull a build of Firefox into my
Windows sessions of Eclipse and that requires me to have a different
workspace. I'd like to keep all my project in one workspace and
therefor want to move my existing workspace from "C:\Documents and
Settings\jlpoole\workspace" to "G:\ws".
I've searched the Help system and the headers in this forum and have not
found anyone asking this particular question: how do I move my workspace
to a difference path?
I have not tried it, but I suspect simply moving the folder "workspace"
to the G: drive and renaming it will cause Eclipse to conclude the
projects are missing as I see full paths used in the configuration settings.
John Poole
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| Re: workspace: how to migrate from default location in Windows? [message #169560 is a reply to message #169349] |
Tue, 05 September 2006 10:20  |
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Originally posted by: jlpoole.sbcglobal.net
John Poole wrote:
> David Wegener wrote:
>> John Poole wrote:
>>> When I installed Eclipse, now Version: 3.1.2
>>> Build id: M20060118-1600, on Windows XP, I went with the default
>>> settings and my workspace was set up under C:\Documents and
>>> Settings\jlpoole\workspace. I rue that decision.
>>>
>>> As it turns out, this is not an ideal place to set up a workspace as
>>> it is in a lower level directory and the directory path contains
>>> space characters (e.g. "Documents and Settings").
>>>
>>> I've read the staging a build of Mozilla's Firefox requires you to
>>> have a path that has no spaces. I'd like to pull a build of Firefox
>>> into my Windows sessions of Eclipse and that requires me to have a
>>> different workspace. I'd like to keep all my project in one
>>> workspace and therefor want to move my existing workspace from
>>> "C:\Documents and Settings\jlpoole\workspace" to "G:\ws".
>>>
>>> I've searched the Help system and the headers in this forum and have
>>> not found anyone asking this particular question: how do I move my
>>> workspace to a difference path?
>>>
>>> I have not tried it, but I suspect simply moving the folder
>>> "workspace" to the G: drive and renaming it will cause Eclipse to
>>> conclude the projects are missing as I see full paths used in the
>>> configuration settings.
>>>
>>> John Poole
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>> Start by creating the G:\ws workspace. You can do this by starting
>> Eclipse with a -data G:\ws command line argument, or use the
>> File->Switch Workspace menu item to specify it. This will open an
>> empty workspace in the G:\ws directory. Use
>> File->Import->General->Existing Projects into Workspace wizard.
>> Navigate to your previous workspace directory. Eclipse should your
>> existing projects. Check the ones you want in the new workspace.
>> Since you said that you want all projects in this new workspace, check
>> the Copy projects into workspace checkbox at the bottom of the
>> dialog. Click Finish to perform the import.
>>
>> If you have existing workspace preferences that you would like to
>> keep, switch to the old workspace and use
>> File->Export->General->Preferences to export them. Use
>> File->Import->General->Preferences to import them into the new workspace.
>>
> Your solution worked; thank you.
I was too quick to declare success.
Actually, I now realize the actual file trees were never moved, they
remained under the C:\ drive. The File-Import (no "General" option on
my menu) states on the dialogs: "Create new projects from an archive
file or directory. This does not copy the project into the workspace."
Using Windows Explorer, I then moved the project file under the G:\ws
directory and then performed the File-Import-Existing Project selecting
the newly moved project folder under G:\ws. That seems to work.
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