Bug 151627 - [IDE] Changes to opened file that is outside the workspace is not actually saved
Summary: [IDE] Changes to opened file that is outside the workspace is not actually saved
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux-GTK
: P5 minor with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
QA Contact: Paul Webster CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
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Reported: 2006-07-24 15:21 EDT by snam CLA
Modified: 2010-11-05 09:38 EDT (History)
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Description snam CLA 2006-07-24 15:21:18 EDT 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #87863 +++

Use "file/open untitled text file", add some text, use "save as"
The only choices available are inside the current workspace. 
"Save as" ought to let me navigate anywhere to save the file.

My Bug #87863 add on:
Use "File/Open File", open a file outside the workspace, edit the file, use "save".
Now close the edited file and open it in another editor, you will see that all the changes are lost!!!
So Eclipse can't save outside the workspace. But it does let the user edit the file. Eclipse even lets the user save the file without an error message that the file cannot be saved.
Comment 1 Gary Griffin CLA 2007-02-13 01:48:16 EST 
I'm experiencing the same thing under Windows XP. I opened an external HTML file, made tons of changes, saved it, but nothing was saved and lost all of my work. I am currently unable to save any edits to files outside of the workspace.
Comment 2 Jakub Jurkiewicz CLA 2007-03-07 07:03:45 EST 
I tried to reproduce this bug in Eclipse 3.2, Eclipse 3.2.1 and Eclipse 3.3M5 on Windows XP, but without success. Maybe you had some specific plugin installed? 
What happened when you closed the file in Eclipse and reopened it in Eclipse?
Was there something in the .log file?
Comment 3 snam CLA 2007-03-13 15:37:47 EDT 
Strange but true. I can't reproduce the bug anymore either... (I tried to reproduce this bug in Eclipse 3.2.1)
Comment 4 Susan McCourt CLA 2009-07-15 12:07:20 EDT 
"As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009"
Comment 5 Remy Suen CLA 2010-11-05 09:37:52 EDT 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Strange but true. I can't reproduce the bug anymore either... (I tried to
> reproduce this bug in Eclipse 3.2.1)

I cannot reproduce this bug on I20101102-0800. Please feel free to reopen if this is still a problem.