"cwd": "${fileDirname}" on Linux not working

[chiboreache]

"options": { "cwd": "${fileDirname}" }

custom task rule on Linux - not working

[chiboreache]

"presentation": {
                "reveal": "silent",
                "panel": "new"
            }

also

[alexr00]

@chiboreache, this is the task that I tried to reproduce with:

        {
		"type":"shell",
		"command": "ls",
		"options": {
			"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
		},
		"label": "DIR TASK",
		"problemMatcher": [],
		"presentation": {
			"reveal": "silent",
			"panel": "new",
		}
	}

I can't reproduce the issue though. Can you try with this task and see if it works?

[chiboreache]

Thanks Alex, it helped!

Problem was in addon, standard approach for running tasks and cwd'ing directory - works just fine

ps: same issues were opened almost a year ago on the author’s page, it seems that the addon is abandoned, so would be nice to have this feature implemented by default, very useful ;)

[alexr00]

We're exploring how and whether we want to have some UI for tasks. If you want to follow it is this issue: #28235