Set Environment Variable At Eclipse workspace level for all launchers?

Question

Can I set a workspace wide setting to add an environment variable to all future launchers created in the workspace?

Use Case

• Our unit test

Answer 1

I have a different approach for doing this on windows. This solution allows you to store a large number of environment variables to one place and apply them globally inside eclipse.

1. I have gitBash installed already, and associated in windows to execute .bash files
2. I set up a /c/Temp/.env file with lots of environment variables in the format

export VARIABLE=my value

3. I create an eclipse_startup.bash script that looks like this (and pin it to my start menu).

echo setting up env
. /c/Temp/.env

echo starting eclipse
/c/Users/me/eclipse-oxygen/eclipse/eclipse.exe

It has the disadvantage that I end up with a bash window open with eclipse, and I have to restart after changing the environment. On the plus side, my complex application has lengthy environment files already, so I can simply load them in and start.