Description prashanthprabhu 2010-03-22 06:47:37 EDT

Build Identifier:  I20080207-1530

After launching eclipse, in the workspace launcher dialog box, provide the workspace directory name to include a "#" character in it. Eg : C:\EclipseTest\User#1234. This creates an empty directory "User#1234" at the specified path on the file system. However, another directory "User" is created by stripping off the characters appearing after the "#" including itself, which contains the ".metadata" and other resources like the java projects created within the workspace "User#1234". 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch eclipse
2. In the workspace launcher dialog box, specify the workspace to be "C:\EclipseTest\User#1234"
3. Eclipse launches successfully. Create a sample java project.
4. In the Windows Explorer, navigate to the path C:\EclipseTest. One can see a couple of directories created named "User" and "User#1234", the former having the .metadata and the newly created project, while the latter being empty.
5. This is a problem if i create another workspace in the same path, say User#3333. I can see the same contents of the previous workspace in the package explorer view(java project created in the workspace User#1234) even after I launch the new workspace(which I expected to be empty).