[Eric Lentz]

When using Eclipse I was able to open files from the command line using the eclipse program and –launcher.openFile with the full path of the file, like this:

/opt/eclipsemars/eclipse -name Eclipse –launcher.openFile /some/full/path/file.java

(I don’t know if “-name Eclipse” was actually necessary?)

There are a few places where I’ve seen this documented:

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/OpenFileFeature
http://insights.sigasi.com/tech/make-eclipse-open-files-command-line.html
http://aniefer.blogspot.com/2010/05/opening-files-in-eclipse-from-command.html

I could do it with Eclipse, my I cannot do it with MyEclipse.

I’d really like to be able to open files from the command line as I want to link with another application that allows me to organize my work in a more efficient manner than can be done in MyEclipse.

— Environment —

*** Date:
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 8:13:52 AM EST

*** System properties:
OS=Linux
OS version=3.13.0
OS arch=amd64
Profile arch=x86_64
Window system=gtk
Java version=1.8.0_66
Workspace=file:/home/edl/workspaces/signetwkspc/
VM Args=-Xmx1024m
-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=64m
-Dosgi.nls.warnings=ignore
-jar
/opt/myeclipse2016//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.100.v20150511-1540.jar

*** Subscription information
Product Id: E3MB (MyEclipse Blue Subscription)
License version: 3.0
Full Maintenance Included
Subscription expiration date (YYYYMMDD): 20170423
Number of users: 1

*** Eclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench

Version: 2016 Stable 1.0
Build id: 14.0.0-20160624

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Eclipse startup command=-os
linux
-ws
gtk
-arch
x86_64
-showsplash
-launcher
/opt/myeclipse2016/myeclipse
-name
Myeclipse
–launcher.library
/opt/myeclipse2016//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.300.v20150602-1417/eclipse_1612.so
-startup
/opt/myeclipse2016//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.100.v20150511-1540.jar
–launcher.overrideVmargs
-exitdata
8b6809a
-install
/opt/myeclipse2016
-vm
/opt/myeclipse2016//binary/com.sun.java.jdk8.linux.x86_64_1.8.0.u66/bin/java

[support-tony]

Eric,

Many apologies for the problem. We can replicate it here and have opened a bug for development to investigate. We’ll let you know when a fix is available.

Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks for reporting the issue.

[support-swapna]

Eric,

The dev team is working on a fix for the launcher issue.
Till the fix is out, can you please try these steps as workaround in MyEclipse 2016 and see if it helps?

1. Make a copy of the myeclipse.exe and name it “MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench”.exe.
2. Make a copy of myeclipse.ini and name it “MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench”.ini.
3. You should use the new EXE to launch MyEclipse on the command line when trying to open the files.
4. Additionally, if you add the below lines to the new INI file,then you only need to use the name of the file on the command line instead of the path. Example : “MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench” filename

--launcher.defaultAction
openFile

You can add the above two lines to the INI file just before the -vm entry.

Attached is the screenshot of the MyEclipse installation folder with the new EXE and INI files for your reference.

Hope this helps. Please let us know how it works for you.

–Swapna
MyEclipse Support

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