Escaping of Backslashes in the args of a debug-configuration: Use single quotes for passing arguments to gdb

[tilman22]

Environment

• OS and Version: Windows
• VS Code Version: 1.122.0
• C/C++ Extension Version: 1.32.2
• If using SSH remote, specify OS of remote machine: Rocky 10

When debugging an cpp application under linux/gdb, then arguments are passed to the gdb without single quotes. For example

            "args": [
                "\\\\srv\\path1\\path2\\file.txt"

--> in gdb, this arguments arrives as:

-exec p argv[1]
$1 = 0x7fffffffd937 "\\srvpath1path2file.txt"

Putting the argument in additional single quotes is a workaroung when debugging with gdb (but not when debugging on Windows)

            "args": [
                "'\\\\srv\\path1\\path2\\file.txt'"

==> The cpptools-Extension should quote parameters with a single quote (')

Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Bug Summary:

Steps to reproduce:

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3. Scroll down to '....'
4. See error

Expected behavior:

Configuration and Logs

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=cmd-param-changed,param="debuginfod enabled",value="on"
Warning: Debuggee TargetArchitecture not detected, assuming x86_64.
=cmd-param-changed,param="pagination",value="off"
Stopped due to shared library event (no libraries added or removed)
Loaded '/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2'. Symbols loaded.
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".

Breakpoint 2, main (argc=5, argv=0x7fffffffd4d8) at /home/soti/dev/itpprog_main/iwan/src/iwants.c:75
75	   char **envp =  __environ; // { 0 };
Loaded '/lib64/libstdc++.so.6'. Symbols loaded.
Loaded '/lib64/libm.so.6'. Symbols loaded.
Loaded '/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1'. Symbols loaded.
Loaded '/lib64/libc.so.6'. Symbols loaded.
Execute debugger commands using "-exec <command>", for example "-exec info registers" will list registers in use (when GDB is the debugger)
-exec p argv[1]
$1 = 0x7fffffffd937 "\\srvpath1path2file.txt"

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[sean-mcmanus]

This is a bug with MIEngine: https://github.com/microsoft/MIEngine/issues. I'm asking them to transfer this there...

[github-actions]

Thank you for reporting this issue. We’ll let you know if we need more information to investigate it. Additionally, if you're working with GDB/LLDB, please note that the code is open source at https://github.com/microsoft/MIEngine/wiki/Contributing-Code . Your contributions are always welcome and appreciated.