What is RemoteSystemsTempFiles in Eclipse?

Question

I noticed that I had a project named RemoteSystemTempFiles which I never have created. After googling it seems to be plugin feature on eclipse, but didn\'t got any other idea of

Answer 1

You can delete it if you wish, it doesn't do any harm to other projects. It is created by the remote systems explorer that comes with eclipse.

Answer 2

If you want to remove the RemoteSystemsTempFiles, just go under Window -> Preferences -> General -> Startup and Shutdown and uncheck "RSE UI". Then you can remove the folder and eclipse won't recreate it.

Answer 3

I would like to add that there might be situations in which you actually do not have the RSE UI plug-ins installed. However, the RemoteSystemTempFiles will still appear in your search results :-(

Example: For instance you have used an earlier version of Eclipse, including the RSE UI plug-ins. Later you have installed a newer version, probably to a different folder, but reusing the old workspace (via conversion). This time you have not installed the RSE UI plug-ins so your IDE has no option about this damn thing (which in fact is a very nice tool while working on Remote Systems).

However, despite the fact it doesn't have the plug-ins installed, Eclipse will still update/use that old/existent RemoteSystemTempFiles repository/container/whatever and thus it will always appear in your Search Results. Pretty annoying, I know!

The solution is quite simple:

1. In only 2 steps: install the plug-in then disable it.
   • select Help -> Install New Software, then choose the "http://download.eclipse.org/releases/[your-version-here]", then enter remote in the filter box.
   • search for the Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime & co. Probably the plug-ins could be found within the General Purpose Tools group, but this group may change from one edition/platform to other
   • install it/them then restart your IDE.
2. After it reopens select Window -> Preferences then select the General -> Startup and Shutdown and uncheck the RSE UI. Now it is disabled even in Search Results. Additionally you may select Window -> Preferences then Remote Systems -> File Cache and click Clear Cached Files.

That would do the trick - hopefully ;-)

Answer 4

I've been struggling with this folder for some time now, since NO solution I've tested so far worked..

Fortunately, today I found the solution that solves this issue:

from eclipse\plugins folder remove all the (org.eclipse.rse.*.jar) files (or backup them for your confort).

This are the ones responsable for the creation of this folder.

Eclipse works perfectly without them (I do not use any functionality from those packages).

Enjoy!

Answer 5

I had a similar issue when using the Javascript perspective. By default on the left side it has a 'Script Explorer' instead of a 'Project Explorer'. It seems it was by default showing the files in the workspace instead of just the projects. I imagine it is the same with the PHP perspective.