Is there a way to start an instance of eclipse, passing it some sort of parameter telling it to use a specific workspace?
The problem I'm trying to solve is that I have a workspace for work projects and one for personal projects. I'd like to be able to tie these to workspaces to separate shortcuts that I could launch independently.
From http://help.eclipse.org/help21/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm:
Use the following command-line argument:
-data your_workspace_location
For example,
-data c:\users\robert\myworkspace
you can also use UNIX-style relative path names such as
-data ../workspace
even under Windows, in case something doesnt like colons or backslashes in parameters, like Jumplist Launcher
With the -data switch
Setting a specific location for the workspace with -data
To use the -data command line argument, simply add -data your_workspace_location (for example, -data c:\users\robert\myworkspace) to the Target field in the shortcut properties, or include it explicitly on your command line.
Creating a shortcut file with target :
Create a shortcut of your eclipse. Open the properties of the shortcut file and set the target as follows,
E\STS.exe -data "WORKSPACE_LOCATION"
For launching from .bat file :
cd ECLIPSE_LOCATION
start STS.exe -data "WORKSPACE_LOCATION"
Example:
cd /D D:\IDE\sts-bundle\sts-3.7.0.RELEASE
start STS.exe -data "D:\My Workspace\workspace1"