Bug 397133 - Eclipse doesn't launch if path contains #
Summary: Eclipse doesn't launch if path contains #
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 3109
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Runtime (show other bugs)
Version: 3.8.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: platform-runtime-inbox CLA
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Reported: 2012-12-23 15:43 EST by Sfix Loon CLA
Modified: 2012-12-31 09:54 EST (History)
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Description Sfix Loon CLA 2012-12-23 15:43:19 EST
Hi, guys.

The Eclipse_CDT is an exellent IDE. But there is one annoying bug in it. Eclipse_CDT don't work properly when its full path contains symbol '#'.
My Eclipse_CDT is in such path "D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\".

Sorry for my English.


Best regards, Sfix Loon.
Comment 1 Marc-André Laperle CLA 2012-12-24 03:19:05 EST
Hi, thanks for the bug report. At what point does it stop working correctly for you? I can create a project in this folder:
/Users/mark/Documents/dev/cpp/#asdasd

but if I put a # in the project name, the new project wizards complains "Project name cannot contain '#' symbol". Is that what you are referring to? Thanks.
Comment 2 Sfix Loon CLA 2012-12-24 05:42:41 EST
Hello. 

I even can not launch Eclipse. The creation of the project is not reached. I do doubleclick on D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\eclipse.exe, dialog appears with an error. Error message is that:

----------------------------------------
Java was started but returned exit code=13
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Djava.class.path=D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar
-os win32
-ws win32
-arch x86
-showsplash D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\\plugins\org.eclipse.platform_3.7.2.v201202080800\splash.bmp
-launcher D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\eclipse.exe
-name Eclipse
--launcher.library D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.100.v20110502\eclipse_1406.dll
-startup D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar
--launcher.overrideVmargs
-product org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
-vm D:\+ProgsXP_T\+Dev\+Java\+Oracle\jre1.7\bin\client\jvm.dll
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Djava.class.path=D:\#ProgsXP\#Dev\+IDE\Eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar 
----------------------------------------

I tried to move the Eclipse to the folder D:\Eclipse\ and Eclipse launches normally.

That is all.

Thanks.

Best regards, Sfix Loon.
Comment 3 Marc-André Laperle CLA 2012-12-30 23:15:39 EST
I tried with Eclipse SDK 3.8.1 and launching from this path doesn't work (Mac OS X 10.8.2)

/Users/mark/Documents/dev/a#

This is without CDT installed so this is likely a platform problem, although I'm not sure which component.
Comment 4 John Arthorne CLA 2012-12-31 09:54:54 EST

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3109 ***