Vscode-cpptools: Debbuger error: MIEngine-cmd: syntax error: "(" unexpected on debugger launch.

[wrightwriter]

Description

• OS and Version: Ubuntu 18.10
• VS Code Version: 1.30.2
• C/C++ Extension Version: 0.21.0
• Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): C#
• After successful compilation to "a.out" with g++, launching the debugger through VSCode results in a terminal started with the error:

/tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-5m457rje.10m: 1: /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-5m457rje.10m: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

[pieandcakes]

What do you have externalConsole set to? Can you try and reinstall the extension?

[wrightwriter]

What do you have externalConsole set to? Can you try and reinstall the extension?

Where can I access the externalConsole setting ?

[pieandcakes]

@wrightwriter in your launch.json.

[wrightwriter]

@pieandcakes
Here are my config files - https://pastebin.com/AC8HmY48 .
Changing externalConsole to false has no effect.
Disabling all extensions and reinstalling C++ extension also does not change the error.

Terminal log is env sh /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-mzkf2e1l.5qe

/tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-mzkf2e1l.5qe: 1: /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-mzkf2e1l.5qe: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Here are the contents of the /tmp/Microsoft-MIEngine-Cmd-mzkf2e1l.5qe file: https://pastebin.com/J3jnBjNV

[pieandcakes]

Ok. i think the problem is that the path in the command temp file, you have the code on has a ' in the path and we aren't handing that correctly.
cd /media/guglev/Z (1,8TB)/ProgrammingProjects/- School/AlGOritmi/Week1

@WardenGnaw can you take a look at this? I think we are missing some quotes and/or escapes. The pastebin above with the file contents should show you what @wrightwriter is getting.

[wrightwriter]

Nice! It's working. The error stems from having "(" and/or ")" characters in the path name.