Relative paths - Githubissues

I tried executing a command that takes a file path, like

az group deployment validate --template-file template.json --parameters @parameters.json

But I kept getting

{
    "stderr": "ERROR: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'template.json'\r\n",
    "stdout": ""
}

I was somewhat surprised when I ran dir from the editor, that it returned the contents of ~\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code (this is Windows obv).

Do I always have to provide a full path to a file, or is there a way to make a relative path work?

Then, as a workaround, I ran the above command in the terminal (which is Powershell) after ensuring it was in the right directory, and got a different error related to the @ sign required by the --parameters option:

The splatting operator '@' cannot be used to reference variables in an expression. '@parameters' can be used only as an argument to a command. To reference variables in an expression use '$parameters'.

I was able to get around this by quoting the value, so I guess YMMV from one shell to another. Which is a little disappointing from a cross-platform perspective but not really your problem.

So to sum up, in order to run an az command that takes a file, it seems like currently I either have to provide a full path, or:

open the terminal and ensure I'm in the correct directory
if Powershell, make sure any values starting with @ are quoted
run line in terminal

microsoft / vscode-azurecli

Relative paths #62