Eclipse RCP：特定于应用程序的文件夹

Question

I have an RCP application in Eclipse 4.x for a cross-platform software. I would like to place the osgi.instance.area in the application specific folder. For example on Windows it generally is C:\\Users[Username]\\AppData[Name]. Something similar to the directories outlined here - http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/user-data-directory .

I have seen the solution here - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=241192 but I haven't understood it really well. I use the product editor on Eclipse and under the Configuration tab, I have added the osgi.instance.area property in the Properties section with another directory at the moment.

Then I tried the solution from the bug - $APPDATA$/COMPANY/PROGRAM/instance but I couldn't find the directory anywhere at the expected location. Also, how does this work for Linux and Mac OS X?

Answer 1

I think it is the osgi.instance.area.default property that you should set. The value migght be something like @user.home/Documents/workspace

Answer 2

In Windows 7 and 8 $APPDATA$ is C:\\Users[Username]\\AppData\\Roaming. In Linux $APPDATA$ is undefined. You should use @none, @noDefault, @user.home, @user.dir, filepath or url