Bug 338181 - Workspaces are not created when a # symbol in the path.
Summary: Workspaces are not created when a # symbol in the path.
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 3109
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Framework (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6   Edit
Hardware: All Windows 7
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: equinox.framework-inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-02-25 03:13 EST by matthias.brun CLA
Modified: 2013-08-20 17:31 EDT (History)
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Description matthias.brun CLA 2011-02-25 03:13:29 EST 
Workspaces are not created when a # symbol is in the path for ex. C:\#Data\Workspace
This error occurs due to the java properties file format in which the character # is used for comments.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Start Eclipse
2. Creat a new workspace in Eclipse Launcher with # in the path
3. Creat a new project

Actual Result
Workspace is created in c:\

Excpected Result
Creat the workspace in the folder c:\#data\workspace

Workaround:
No workaround



-- Configuration Details --
Product: Eclipse 1.3.0.20100617-0520 (org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product)
Installed Features:
 org.eclipse.jdt 3.6.0.v20100526-0800-7z8XFUJFMTfCWGoVuHImpms9H155
Comment 1 Szymon Ptaszkiewicz CLA 2011-08-11 11:41:04 EDT 
Command line arguments are parsed in EclipseStarter. Moving to Equinox/Framework.
Comment 2 DJ Houghton CLA 2011-08-11 11:50:37 EDT 
This is a known issue and documented in the README that is shipped with the SDK.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3109 ***
Comment 3 Thomas Watson CLA 2013-08-20 17:31:14 EDT 
*** Bug 415488 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***