#1112 Eclipse log file will not be filled

[Manfred Koch]

I use Eclipse 4.3 with the latest PMD plugin running on Windows 7 with 64 Bit Java 1.7u25.
Eclipse is installed under c:\Program Files\Eclipse 4.3.
If i start Eclipse as normal user, the log file of the PMD plugin will be created but only with a size of 0 in the Eclipse directory. No entries during the last two days.
I suppose that there is a problem with the Windows permissions for that directory.
The normal windows user have no write access for the this folder. Only if i start Eclipse via "Run as Administrator" the log file will be filled. Or if i change the directory where the user has write access.
Please change the default directory to one which is accessible for the user.

[Andreas Dangel]

Hi, you can change the location in the Preferences of PMD (Window -> Preferences -> PMD and there under "Logging Options".

However, I'll change the default for the next version, so that the pmd-eclipse.log file is created in the home directory.