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Run a Command Prompt from Eclipse platform

Posted in Microsoft Windows, ruby on rails, Web by DK on February 28, 2010

I recently started using RadRails which is built on Eclipse. Yes, I have started learning Ruby On Rails and I am really excited. After few hours of use I realized that you can’t run windows command prompt commands from Eclipse. I think its very helpful to be able to run windows commands directly from Eclipse. Here are the steps to do that:

  • Start Eclipse
  • Click Run –> External Tools –> External Tools Configurations
  • Click on New launch configuration and fill out following:
    • Name: Command Prompt
    • Location: ${env_var:comspec}
  • Click Apply
  • Click Run

This should get you set to run command prompt. You can run it from Run External Tools.

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  1. Clottey Pacquiao said, on March 12, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    This is my first time to visit your blog and I would say you share nice information. You definitely do research and write very well. Keep it up!

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    • DK said, on March 14, 2010 at 11:03 pm

      Thank you Clottey.

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  2. John G said, on April 3, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    Very nice!!!

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