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Working directory with a space

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#1,898 opened on Oct 26, 2017

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What You Are Seeing? When trying to debug a cake script in vs code I am seeing the "More than one build script specified" error. I think it has something to do with my working directory having a space in a folder name as when I run without a build script specified I get an IO error and it seems to be combining my working path with the path after the space (see repro steps).

What is Expected? I am expecting to be able to debug my cake script.

What version of Cake are you using? 0.23.0

Are you running on a 32 or 64 bit system? 64

What environment are you running on? Windows? Linux? Mac? Windows 7

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

Clone the example repo https://github.com/mholo65/cake-vscode-debug-example into a foder path with a space in the first folder i.e "c:\spaced folder\cakedebug" and then hit F5 on vs code or, use PS:

  1. cd "c:\spaced folder\cakedebug"
  2. ./build.ps1
  3. Observe error "More than one build script specified"

At this point you can take the space out of the base folder and rerun build.ps1, watch the build script run.

After this put the space back in the folder name and:

  1. cd "c:\spaced folder\cakedebug"
  2. dotnet tools/Cake.CoreCLR/Cake.dll --verbosity=diagnostic
  3. Observe error: Module directory does not exist. Error: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\spaced folder\cakedebug\folder\cakedebug\tools\Cake.CoreCLR'. at System.IO.Win32FileSystem.SetCurrentDirectory(String fullPath) at System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(String path) at Cake.Core.Scripting.ScriptRunner.Run(IScriptHost host, FilePath scriptPath, IDictionary`2 arguments) at Cake.Commands.BuildCommand.Execute(CakeOptions options) at Cake.CakeApplication.Run(CakeOptions options) at Cake.Program.Main()

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Research direction
The issue is that Cake's script runner does not correctly handle directory paths containing spaces. When the working directory has a space, the path concatenation breaks, resulting in errors like 'More than one build script specified' or 'Could not find a part of the path'. The bug likely resides in the method that resolves the script path or sets the current directory. Look at Cake.Core.Scripting.ScriptRunner.Run and how it constructs the script path from the working directory. The fix should involve proper quoting or escaping of spaces in the file path.
Working directory with a space · cake-build/cake#1898 | Good First Issue