Where does eclipse.exe come from?

Issue

I am looking for a way to start a Java application via .exe but with the ability to tweak both application arguments and JVM arguments in some .ini file. eclipse.exe seems to be fitting but I can't seem to figure out where it comes from? Where is the upstream source for it? Can it be customized to run arbitrary application?

Solution

Answering my own question, it works great for our Equinox application. One just needs to produce correct .ini file. These two wiki pages, and the link to the sources, helped a lot:

• https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini
• https://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_Launcher

The executable is in one of the many org.eclipse.equinox.executable_root.* ZIP files, depending on platform. A companion OSGi bundle is necessary. E.g., for Windows it would be org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64*.jar, extracted in plugins directory.

Answered By - wilx