os.environ misses my variable in the debugger

[duaneellissd]

I have a windows batch file, it does the following:

a) step 1: creates an ENV variable - ie, the statement: set FOOBAR=12345678 WINDOWS does not use an export statement like LINUX uses. so My thinking {which is probably wrong) is that it should be in the environment.

b) step 2 - Launches VS CODE My "FOOBAR" variable should be present - I would think

c) Run python and example: "os.environ" - ie Print the environment.

QUESTION: What happened to my variable: "FOOBAR"

[karthiknadig]

@duaneellissd Are you setting this and then launching VS Code from that terminal or are you using this in debug configuration?

If you are using the terminal method then this is what you should be doing:

• Exit all VS Code instances
• Open a terminal outside of VS Code and cd to your project directory.
• Run set FOOBAR=12345678
• Launch VS Code from that terminal using code .

You can verify this from inside VS Code by opening any terminal and running set FOOBAR.

Running in terminal:

Running via debugger: