Copying eclipse projects through command line?

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Copying eclipse projects through command line?

Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to copy an existing project into a new, created workspace on the fly? I can create the workspace already through command line. I am thinking I either need to copy the whole project into another workspace (possible through command line?) or create a new project and copy the .classpath and .project folders.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks, Richie

You can do either of your two suggestions as long as you store relative paths in your files. I have doen both in the past.

I also put the .classpath and .project files under version control and so can check a new project out anywhere with the same environment - This does mean that third party libraries need to be in the same place so can be an issue with many users.

Mark 2010-06-08 13:16:40

Thank you, Do you know how I can do these through the command line and not gui?

Richie 2010-06-08 13:23:18

Just copy the files and then open the project

Mark 2010-06-09 12:38:04

I tried copying the whole project and the .metadata file.. but when i try to run the software it says the project does not exist, but when i manually go into the directory, it is listed, and it does have all of the files inside the project. Any ideas?

Richie 2010-06-09 13:14:50

I think the issue is when i copy from the command line, just the project and .metadata files, its not recognized in the workspace as a project - but i can open up the GUI and import the project into the created workspace, but i don't think that can be done through the command line without writing a plugin

Richie 2010-06-09 13:47:11

SOLUTION: For my situation, copying the whole workspace into a new workspace worked, as opposed to pulling out of the old workspace and putting into the new workspace.

Richie 2010-06-09 14:37:23

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