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Writing file to .eclipse (Unix) or Application Data (Win32) [message #330656]

Thu, 07 August 2008 10:22

Eclipse User

Hi,

Does anyone know how to write a file to a user's .eclipse directory in
unix systems and the application data directory for eclipse in win32
systems?

Thanks,
Mark

Re: Writing file to .eclipse (Unix) or Application Data (Win32) [message #330661 is a reply to message #330656]

Thu, 07 August 2008 13:07

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com

Mark Melia wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to write a file to a user's .eclipse directory in
> unix systems and the application data directory for eclipse in win32
> systems?

I don't know about unix, but Eclipse does not use an application data
directory on Windows. If you do something that triggers the so-called
"secure storage" facility (such as save a CVS password), it will write
something in a .eclipse directory under your home directory, but I don't
think there is anything special it does to accomplish that. I'd just use
something like:

String eclipseDir =
FilenameUtils.concat(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".eclipse");
String fileName = FilenameUtils.concat(eclipseDir, "myFile.txt");
FileUtils.writeStringToFile(new File(fileName), someData);

(using Jakarta IOUtils for FilenameUtils and FileUtils)

Hope this helps,
Eric

Re: Writing file to .eclipse (Unix) or Application Data (Win32) [message #330665 is a reply to message #330656]

Thu, 07 August 2008 14:16

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: mike.morearty.com

Depending on what you want to do, class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform
has several static functions that may help: getInstanceLocation(),
getUserLocation(), and several other getXxxLocation() functions.

I would also recommend reading
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/multi_user_installs.html
-- it gives some background on a number of different ways that an Eclipse
installation can be configured.

- Mike

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