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Bug 338181

Summary:	Workspaces are not created when a # symbol in the path.
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Equinox	Reporter:	matthias.brun
Component:	Framework	Assignee:	equinox.framework-inbox <equinox.framework-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	curtis.windatt.public, sptaszkiewicz
Version:	3.6
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description matthias.brun

2011-02-25 03:13:29 EST

Workspaces are not created when a # symbol is in the path for ex. C:\#Data\Workspace
This error occurs due to the java properties file format in which the character # is used for comments.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Start Eclipse
2. Creat a new workspace in Eclipse Launcher with # in the path
3. Creat a new project

Actual Result
Workspace is created in c:\

Excpected Result
Creat the workspace in the folder c:\#data\workspace

Workaround:
No workaround



-- Configuration Details --
Product: Eclipse 1.3.0.20100617-0520 (org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product)
Installed Features:
 org.eclipse.jdt 3.6.0.v20100526-0800-7z8XFUJFMTfCWGoVuHImpms9H155

Comment 1 Szymon Ptaszkiewicz

2011-08-11 11:41:04 EDT

Command line arguments are parsed in EclipseStarter. Moving to Equinox/Framework.

Comment 2 DJ Houghton

2011-08-11 11:50:37 EDT

This is a known issue and documented in the README that is shipped with the SDK.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3109 ***

Comment 3 Thomas Watson

2013-08-20 17:31:14 EDT

*** Bug 415488 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***