Move default config folder of eclipse

Question

When Eclipse first start, it creates some config files and folders on my hard drive (contains information about work-space ...etc...). I don\'t like the position it creates

Answer 1

As other said, adding the property -Dosgi.configuration.area in the eclipse.ini file does the trick.

But in my opinion it would be better to rely on the user.home variable and set the destination like for the other variables.

Example with -Dosgi.instance.area.default:

-Dosgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/eclipse-workspace

In my case I just wanted another destination than the default @user.home/.eclipse which was used by the Eclipse Mars I still uses for old project and I defined:

-Dosgi.configuration.area=@user.home/.eclipse-oygen-3

to have a specific destination for Eclipse Oxygen 3 installation.

Note that syntax works for both Windows and Linux (I did not tested on OSX, but I guess it should).