platformio/platformio-core

Spaces in Windows User name not supported in Inspect

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#5180 opened on Jun 19, 2025

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Description

When I run INSPECT on workspace with a path containing spaces (in my case my username), it's truncated and results in two warnings.

Error: Checking lpc1768 > cppcheck (platform: nxplpc; board: lpc1768; framework: mbed)
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Warning: Failed to extract toolchain defines!

'C:\Users\Wim' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Warning: Failed to extract toolchain defines!

'C:\Users\Wim' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

The rest of the output after these lines are correctly handling the spaces in the path.

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Windows path handlingPython string manipulation
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65
Research direction
Investigate where platformio constructs command lines for toolchains, likely in the build system code. Look for subprocess calls or shell commands that concatenate paths without proper quoting. The issue is that spaces in the user name (e.g., 'C:\Users\Wim') cause truncation. Ensure paths are quoted or use list arguments to avoid splitting on spaces.