Bug 354726 - Eclipse crashes on restart if folder name is too long
Summary: Eclipse crashes on restart if folder name is too long
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Runtime (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 critical (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: platform-runtime-inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-08-15 08:56 EDT by Jens Kuebler CLA
Modified: 2012-08-01 04:15 EDT (History)
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Description Jens Kuebler CLA 2011-08-15 08:56:44 EDT 
Build Identifier: I20110613-1736

If eclipse and its workspace directory reside in a directory with a overly long folder name eclipse will start but crash on a restart.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use a freshly downloaded eclipse classic
2. create a folder 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789013245679801234567890
3. Unzip eclipse there
4. Select the workspace folder to reside in 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789013245679801234567890/workspace
5. Start Eclipse
6. Use File->Restart to restart eclipse
7. A Windows error dialog appears stating that eclipse has crashed
Comment 1 Szymon Ptaszkiewicz CLA 2012-04-10 07:43:17 EDT 
I cannot reproduce it using 3.7.2 on Win7 and on WinXP. Do you have more details about the crash like screenshot of the error dialog, javacore or maybe .log file from the workspace .metadata?
Comment 2 Szymon Ptaszkiewicz CLA 2012-08-01 04:15:23 EDT 
Closing as WORKSFORME, but please do reopen with the requested info if you see this again.