filepath lookup for filters

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. in .fbprefs, set excludefilter0 to filepath, eg
=c:/myproject/findbugs-exclude.xml
2. refresh eclipse project

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected output is
1) to have the filter taken into account and 
2) to see in the project properties -> findbugs page
c:/myproject/findbugs-exclude.xml

Actual output is
1) filter not taken into account, I assume it searches only in the
classpath, not filesystem
2) project properties -> findbugs page shows /myproject/findbugs-exclude.xml

(it does work when filter file placed in same dir as project (so in
multi-module system you need to copy them all over to make the plugin work)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1.3.8.20090111
OS=WinXP

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [e-mail] on 16 Jan 2009 at 10:25

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Please use SourceForge bug tracker.
This is NOT a bug, but feature enhancement request, please add your comment to 
the 
bug
https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2522989&group_id=96405&atid=61
4693

Before 1.3.8, FB plugin allowed only files from the root of the plugin, now it 
can 
take any valid workspace location. What you wanted is that FB can use ANY 
absolute 
local file path, independently from Eclipse workspace.

CU
Andrei

Original comment by iloveeclipse on 31 Jan 2009 at 10:15

• Changed state: Duplicate

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I can't add comments to it, the issue is closed, so see
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2559863&group_id=96405
&atid=614695.

And yes yes I know, it's not a bug, but a feature request, ... blabla

Don't kill me for it, it's the end result that matters !
And at least I bothered spending 1-2 hours on assembling the info so that you 
guys
know about it. How many ppl wouldn't do that simply because they expect 
no/strange
answers ? And excuuuuse me that I expected an *absolute* filepath reference, i 
mean,
whoosh, such an "advanced" feature request.

Original comment by [e-mail] on 3 Feb 2009 at 7:38