Running Python as guest results in incorrect file path

[stanleyjzheng]

When connecting to myself in liveshare and running a python program, it does not run from the correct directory. When I run the file as the liveshare leader, the following command is executed: & "C:/Users/my_name/Anaconda3/python.exe" "c:/Users/my_name/source/repos/test.py" and the correct output is given. However, when running from liveshare connected to myself, the following command is executed: & "C:/Users/my_name/Anaconda3/python.exe" /test.py. Since there is no file at /test.py, I am given a generic python error that there is no file there. 'can't open file '/test.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory'. However, when I manually type in the command generated by the host, the file is run properly.

Product and Version: VSC 1.45 OS Version: Windows 10 Live Share Extension Version: 1.0.2236 Target Platform or Language: Python

Steps to Reproduce / Scenario:

1. Create a new folder and python file inside. Open the folder and liveshare it
2. Attempt to run it from the shared machine with the run button

Thanks for your help, I'm a student trying to attend a virtual hackathon. log.zip

[IlyaBiryukov]

Hi Stanley,

Thanks for reporting this issue. Do you have launch configuration in .vscode/launch.json? If you do, can you please share the launch configuration you have there from your host machine?
When you launch from your guest machine, what launch configuration do you use?

[stanleyjzheng]

My launch.json file is as follows on both the host and guest:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: Current File",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/test.py",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        }
    ]
}

I just realized the command run by the Guest is run in the Guest's local terminal, not in the shared terminal, resulting in an error. When the command & "C:/Users/my_name/Anaconda3/python.exe" /test.py is run from the shared terminal, the expected output is given. Thanks.

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