[cdt-dev] Environment variables in tool definition

[Rohit Girme <rgirme@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have a plugin which extends  "org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.buildDefinitions". In there I have defined a new project type which has a compiler similar to the GCC compiler except for a few include header paths extra. Earlier, I used an "option" with value type "includePath" to define a directory. This directory contained the extra header files. In the "option", I specify the path to the directory as the default value.

 <option
                        browseType="directory"
                        category="gnu.c.compiler.exe.debug.optioncategory.includeRecordHeaders"
                        command="-I"
                        defaultValue="${workspace_loc}/Replay"
                        id="gnu.c.compiler.exe.debug.option.includePathRecord"
                        isAbstract="false"
                        name="Include Record Headers"
                        resourceFilter="all"
                        valueType="includePath">
 </option>

In here I have used $workspace_loc, which is a variable used inside Eclipse.
However, now instead of all this, I want to specify the environment variable which points to the directory of header files. After reading through the Managed Build System Extensibility Document, I found that I need to use envVarBuildPath. I removed the above mentioned "option" from the plugin.

<envVarBuildPath
                        pathType="buildpathInclude"
                        variableList="REPLAY_INCLUDE">
</envVarBuildPath>

In here REPLAY_INCLUDE is the environment variable that I specified in my ~/.profile file. Typing echo $REPLAY_INCLUDE gives me the correct directory.
However this does not work. What am I missing out ? Are there any other options ?


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Thanks & Regards,
Rohit Girme