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==What are Path variables?==

By using a path variable, you can share projects containing [[EmSys:Eclipse - Resources | linked resources]] with team members without requiring the exact same directory structure as on your file system.

*Path variables specify locations on the file system.
*The location of [[EmSys:Eclipse - Resources | linked resources]] may be specified relative to these path variables.
*They allow you to avoid references to a fixed location on your file system.

Path variables can be either defined at the project level or at the workspace level. Creating path variables at the project level ensures that projects that contain [[EmSys:Eclipse - Resources | linked resources]] using those path variables remain portable across workspace and computers.

Each project contain a pre-defined set of path variables available for defining linked resources, including '''ECLIPSE_HOME''', '''PARENT_LOC''', '''PROJECT_LOC''' and '''WORKSPACE_LOC'''.

You can create new path variables and edit and remove existing path variables in the '''File > Properties > Resource > Linked Resources''' property page for a project resource and at the workspace level on the '''General > Workspace > Linked Resources''' preference page.

New path variables can be defined relative to existing path variables by using the ${VAR} syntax. For example, a path variable ''FOO'' can be defined relative to ''BAR'' by defining it as:

  "${BAR}../foo".