Is there a way to shutdown Eclipse cleanly from the command line, such that files and workspaces are saved? kill -3 doesn't do anything. kill -1 and kill -15 (default) causes Eclipse to exit abruptly with JVM termination popup. kill -9 does the same thing.
The use case is that I'm working remotely on a machine with Eclipse loaded on it, and I want to save memory by closing Eclipse, but I want Eclipse to save its state first.
I could use VNC or some alternative desktop sharing software, but that's really heavy-weight, and I'd much prefer a command line solution.
EDIT: System info: RHEL5.1 64-bit using GNOME