simulator start fails on windows if username has space in it
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Description
VSCode Version: 1.71.1
OS Version: Win 11 Pro
Extension Version: 1.25.9
Steps to Reproduce:
1. when installing windows, choose pick a username that has a space in it. eg "John Smith"
2. install Visual Studio Code, Azure IoT Tools
3. start a nodejs iot edge solution (not sure if language choice here is significant)
4. create module, use "Build and Run IoT Edge Solution in Simulator" feature
error message:
"
ERROR: Error while executing command: docker-compose -f C:\Users\John Smith\AppData\Local.iotedgehubdev\data\data\docker-compose.yml down. Command '['docker-compose', '-f', 'C:\Users\John', 'Smith\AppData\Local\.iotedgehubdev\data\data\docker-compose.yml', 'down']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
"
further down an extra clue
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"No such command: Smith\AppData\Local.iotedgehubdev\data\data\docker_compose.yml"
"
this suggests that the issue is the space during filename declaration to the command for docker-compose, the space maknig it treat the second half as a argument
looks to be issue here:
https://github.com/Azure/iotedgehubdev/blob/d3bffb36c71041b636a1093514d960ceda9168b4/iotedgehubdev/edgemanager.py#L70
the argument to -f needs to be in quotes
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Start in iotedgehubdev/edgemanager.py around line 70, then reproduce the simulator workflow with a Windows username containing a space. Inspect how the docker-compose -f command is assembled and verify the command handles the full path as one argument. Confirm the simulator starts successfully and the existing error no longer occurs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker-compose, python
- Domain
- devops, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100