Questions tagged [workspace]

An area of memory (RAM or disk based) for which to perform operations.

In programming, a workspace is an area of memory (RAM or disk based) for which to perform operations.

For example, this is similar to an area on a disk set aside to process files.

This is usually a copy from a master in which operations can be performed and potentially undone before committing to storage.

A workspace is (often) a file or directory that allows a user to gather various source code files and resources and work with them as a cohesive unit. Often these files and resources represent the complete state of an IDE at a given time, a snapshot. Workspaces are very helpful in cases of complex projects when maintenance can be challenging. Good examples of environments that allow users to create and use workspaces are Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse.

Reference: Wikipedia

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How to delete a workspace in Eclipse?

How to delete a workspace in Eclipse?
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Eclipse - "Workspace in use or cannot be created, chose a different one."

I'm trying to create a workspace in the /Users/Shared/ directory with the thought that I can share that workspace between users. The problem is that after I create the workspace and change the permission on it, I encounter the error below (image)…
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Jenkins Pipeline Wipe Out Workspace

We are running Jenkins 2.x and love the new Pipeline plugin. However, with so many branches in a repository, disk space fills up quickly. Is there any plugin that's compatible with Pipeline that I can wipe out the workspace on a successful build?…
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Create a new workspace in Eclipse

I don't see any menu item I can use to create a new workspace. What should I use to create a new workspace and move some of the projects from existing default workspace to a new workspace? I am using Windows with Eclipse 3.7.
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How to delete a workspace in Perforce (using p4v)?

I'm new to Perforce and have created a few workspaces as exercises for getting familiar with it. Now I would like to delete some of the workspaces. I just want to get rid of the workspaces so that they do not appear on the drop-down in the…
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Eclipse Workspaces: What for and why?

I have seen, read and thought of different ways of using Workspaces (per project, per application (multi-asseted or not), per program language, per target (web-development, plugins,..), and so on) and I am still doubting what the best approach…
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Change computer name for a TFS Workspace

My System Administrator renamed my computer. So where it was "MyLaptop2" it is now just "MyLaptop". So now all my source control bindings and checked out files are looking for a workspace with "MyLaptop2". Is there a way to redirect that workspace…
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detach all packages while working in R

While working to solve another problem I got this problem: I can remove all R objects by: rm(list = ls(all = TRUE)) Is there equivalent command that can detach installed packages during working session? > sessionInfo() R version 2.12.2…
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The cause of "bad magic number" error when loading a workspace and how to avoid it?

I tried to load my R workspace and received this error: Error: bad restore file magic number (file may be corrupted) -- no data loaded In addition: Warning message: file ‘WORKSPACE_Wedding_Weekend_September’ has magic number '#gets' Use of save…
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Eclipse: Error ".. overlaps the location of another project.." when trying to create new project

I keep getting an error message in Eclipse when creating a new project. I have created a workspace at the level C:\Users\Martin\Java\Counter Inside Counter there are no files but there is a directory called counter_src which contains source files…
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Eclipse: How do I refresh an entire workspace? F5 doesn't do it

I have a workspace with a bunch of java projects. If I go to File->Refresh, it doesn't really refresh anything (perhaps the currently selected project). How do I get eclipse to refresh all of the projects?
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How to force Eclipse to ask for default workspace?

I noticed that after installing cdt, Eclipse always loads the default workspace. The workspace listed in the config.ini in osgi.instance.area.default. Eclipse does not ask which workspace to open regardless if Prompt for workspace on startup is set…
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Disable building workspace process in Eclipse

What is Eclipse doing when building workspace process is running? Can i disable it because it is taking a long time to complete and i dont know if it is necessary. Thank you
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How to Clone an Eclipse Workspace

I am wondering how to create new clean Eclipse workspace but having all settings from an existing one. Maybe something like cloning but without projects?
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eclipse workspace: how to rename workspace

There is no option in the file menu to rename a workspace. Is the recommended practice to close eclipse, rename the folder, and re-open? I worry about some potential dangling references in configuration files corrupting my…
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