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Re: [cdt-dev] Eclipse project files.

Hi, Padam,

The .project file contains the metadata required by the Eclipse Platform (and IDE infrastructure) to recognize and work with a project.  This includes, for example,

  - identification of project natures (which relate to tool-specific project capabilities)
  - registration of project builders
  - definition of virtual resources and linked resources
  - dependencies on other projects

The .cproject file contains the metadata required by CDT to recognize and work with a C/C++/ObjC/whatever project.  This comprises mostly the C build settings and scanner/discovery configuration that you see in the C/C++ project properties pages, but can be used by CDT extensions to store practically any metadata about the project that they require.

HTH,

Christian


On 02/09/10 03:11 AM, padam chamoli wrote:
I have a very basic question.

How are .cproject and .project files used?
What is the information they contain?

Thanks
Padam

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Christian W. Damus
Software Developer, IDE Team
QNX Software Systems

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