Get code CLI path as string from extension

[shanalikhan]

Currently i'm getting the code cli path from the extension as the following:

let myExt: string = process.argv0;
    let codeLastFolder = "Code";
    if (osType === OsType.Linux) {
      codeLastFolder = "code";
    }
    if (osType === OsType.Mac) {
      codeLastFolder = "Resources";
    }

 myExt = '"' + process.argv0.substr(0, process.argv0.lastIndexOf(codeLastFolder)) + 'bin\\code"';
myExt = myExt + " --install-extension " + name;

I just wanted to know code should provide some path for CLI location to extension authors.

[joaomoreno]

What do you want to do with it?

[shanalikhan]

Settings Sync needs to install extension by using code CLI
Currently there is no way to call via API for extension authors thats why i want to install via CLI.

cc : @sandy081 - shanalikhan/code-settings-sync#566
#55363
#14444
#15466
#37620

[joaomoreno]

Unfortunately, opening API to get the code cli path is not a great solution, but an interim hack. Closing it since what you need is API to install extensions.