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forestclown
forestclown

Reputation: 1602

Unable to load .bash_profile or .bashrc when running VSCode tasks on windows 10

I am using VSCode version 1.31.0 on Windows 10 Home. I have enabled WSL, and installed couple of things like nvm, pyenv, and etc. which requires additional scripts needed to run on .bashrc and .bash_profile

For example in .bashrc:

export PATH="/custom/path:$PATH"

When running integrated shell (CTRL + `), everything works fine, as I can see the $PATH includes /custom/path

But when I try to run a task scripts (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/tasks#vscode) 

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "eslint",
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$eslint-stylish"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "Run tests",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "./scripts/test.sh",
            "presentation": {
                "reveal": "always",
                "panel": "new"
            }
        }        
    ]
}

The contents in test.sh

echo $PATH

When I try to run the task "Run tests", it doesn't show /custom/path, or in fact, whatever inside ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile are not included.

I have even tried something like in test.sh, but still it doesn't load my .bashrc

source /home/user/.bashrc
echo $PATH

Below is my VSCode user settings:

{
    "terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\windows\\Sysnative\\bash.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\windows\\Sysnative\\bash.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["--login"],
    "eslint.provideLintTask": true
}

The question is:

How can I setup VSCode or windows to run tasks using my .bashrc or .bash_profile?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4478

Answers (1)

forestclown
forestclown

Reputation: 1602

It is because of the following lines in my .bashrc

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
case $- in    
    *i*) ;;      
      *) return;;
esac#

So after I have updated my VSCode settings like below:

{
    "terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\windows\\Sysnative\\bash.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\windows\\Sysnative\\bash.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["-i"],
    "eslint.provideLintTask": true
}

The remaining commands in my .bashrc will be executed

Upvotes: 1

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