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Eclipse hangs for various reasons. The problem because of that the workspace goes back in time and loose many things like errors, included files etc. I am using eclipse CDT. Is there anyway I could save the workspace from commandline before I do kill -9 $(pgrep eclipse)?

Edit: Is there a way to save eclipse when it functions normal? I know restarting eclipse will save but is there a better way?

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I figure when it hangs, it won't respond to saves either? – surfasb Dec 19 '11 at 21:32
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Have you tried waiting for Eclipse? It can be very slow on some operations. – harrymc Feb 6 at 12:06
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It doesn't appear to be possible to save the workspace when Eclipse hangs.

Saving the workspace when Eclipse is still responding (According to eclipse: explicitly saving project / workspace) is easiest accomplished by switching workspaces (To empty workspace an back, for example. File/Switch Workspace). In the same thread the plugin "saveui" is also referenced which can be configured to save the workspace often.

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