microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Passing a commandline to an elevate:true profile on the commandline doesn't separate args
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Description
(from a teams convo)
> I bet that
>
> ```
> wt --profile "Admin Cmd" -- cmd.exe /c D:\os\src\tools\razzle.cmd amd64fre developer_dir D:\Repos\developer\groups\jevansa no_opt
> ```
>
> would work
> ```[error 2147942402 (0x80070002) when launching `"cmd.exe /c D:\os\src\tools\razzle.cmd amd64fre developer_dir D:\Repos\developer\groups\jevansa no_opt"']```
> I ran: `wt --profile "Admin Cmd" -- cmd.exe /c D:\os\src\tools\razzle.cmd amd64fre developer_dir D:\Repos\developer\groups\jevansa no_opt`
>
> I think it's still trying to take the whole string and pass to CreateProcess. Is there a way to get it split up?
> it might be the fact that when you do have an `elevate:true` profile, we have to `CreateProcess` another terminal process, and I bet we're passing the whole bit after `--` as a single arg to the elevated wt
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with command-line argument handling for elevate:true profiles and the CreateProcess handoff to the elevated wt process. Reproduce the shown wt command and verify that the arguments after -- remain separated rather than being passed as one executable string; done means the cmd.exe command launches with its arguments intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100