Eclipse error logs

Window >> Show View >> Other >> PDE Runtime >> Error Log

This will open up a new view with 3 columns.

1. Message - first you'll see a status icon i.e. error or Warning which will then be followed by the log message
2. Plug-in - where the error originated from
3. Date - when it happened

If an error has a plus sign (+) at the start of the log then this means it is a complex problem, and there are a number of errors contributing to it. Click the plus sign to view the individual errors. By double-clicking on the entry this provides further details and information like Stack Trace.

The actual log is kept along with your OS logs:

• On Windows, the local error log is the Windows Event log (Application view)
• On Mac OS X the log is a part of the console.log
• On UNIX and Linux systems, the local error log is the syslog