Debugger can't debug a file whose folder path includes a parenthesis

[ghost]

Type: Debugger

• OS and Version: Linux (Debian 8)
• VS Code Version: 1.36.1
• C/C++ Extension Version: Not sure.
• Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): Skipping this.
• A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

The debugger can't debug a file whose folder path includes a parenthesis.

1. Find a folder that contains C code that you want to debug.

2. Put that folder inside another folder, and name the enclosing folder something that includes parentheses.

3. Open the folder that contains C code that you want to debug.

4. Configure the debugger.

5. Set a breakpoint.

6. Run the debugger.

In the terminal, you will get a message like the following:

$ env sh /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-aceiyk8q.6a5 /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-aceiyk8q.6a5: 1: /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-aceiyk8q.6a5: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

If you open the file "/tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-aceiyk8q.6a5", you'll find:

echo $$ > /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Pid-u4bxhtup.4nc ; cd <PATH_TO_PROJECT_FOLDER> ; DbgTerm=tty; set -o monitor ; trap 'rm /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-In-chjq3lk8.lt0 /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Out-8xgykbga.4mz /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Pid-u4bxhtup.4nc /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-aceiyk8q.6a5' EXIT ; /usr/bin/gdb --interpreter=mi --tty=$DbgTerm < /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-In-chjq3lk8.lt0 > /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Out-8xgykbga.4mz & clear; pid=$! ; echo $pid > /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Pid-u4bxhtup.4nc ; wait $pid;

. . . where <PATH_TO_PROJECT_FOLDER> is replaced with the path to your project folder.

7. Observe that the path to your project folder includes a parenthesis character.

Here's my launch.json:

{ // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes. // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes. // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387 "version": "0.2.0", "configurations": [ { "name": "gcc build and debug active file", "type": "cppdbg", "request": "launch", "program": "${fileDirname}/prog", "args": [], "stopAtEntry": false, "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}", "environment": [], "externalConsole": false, "MIMode": "gdb", "setupCommands": [ { "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb", "text": "-enable-pretty-printing", "ignoreFailures": true }, { "description": "Skip path files", "text": "-interpreter-exec console \"skip -gfi /build/**/*\"" } ], "preLaunchTask": "make", "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb" } ] }

Here's my tasks.json:

{ // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558 // for the documentation about the tasks.json format "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "label": "make", "type": "shell", "command": "make" } ] }

For now, I work around this problem by dragging the project folder to a different director, but it would be great to have this problem get solved.

Thank you.

[pieandcakes]

To clarify, I assume you mean a folder like /foo/ba(r/baz where ba(r is one of the folder names?

[ghost]

Correct. Thank you for looking into this.

[pieandcakes]

Fix: microsoft/MIEngine#920

[ghost]

Thank you!

[sean-mcmanus]

Should be fixed with 0.25.0.