Is there a way to retrieve the filename of cmake.launchTargetPath

[PetePriority]

Brief Issue Summary

My launch configuration uses remote gdb debugging using pipeTransport like so:

   {
        "version": "0.2.0",
        "configurations": [
            {
                "name": "(gdb) Pipe Launch",
                "type": "cppdbg",
                "request": "launch",
                "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
                "preLaunchTask": "Deploy",
                "pipeTransport": {
                    "pipeCwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
                    "debuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb",
                    "pipeProgram": "/usr/bin/ssh",
                    "pipeArgs": [
                        "root@target"
                    ],
                },
                "MIMode": "gdb",
                "setupCommands": [
                    {
                        "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                        "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                        "ignoreFailures": true
                    },
                ],
            }
        ]
    }

This works fine, as long as the deployment task puts the executable returned by cmake.launchTargetPath on the target at the same location as on the local machine.
Is there a way to extract the filename part of cmake.launchTargetPath such that I can have custom deployment locations? C.f. microsoft/vscode-cpptools#2110 (comment)

Platform and Versions

• Operating System: Debian 9.2
• CMake Version: 3.7.2
• VSCode Version: 1.30.1
• CMake Tools Extension Version: 1.1.3
• Compiler/Toolchain: Yocto/toradex toolchain for ARM

[jclay]

It looks like you could fetch the launchTarget (https://github.com/vector-of-bool/vscode-cmake-tools/blob/6a0218b67119ce3f9101f041182392fafa4e12ab/src/api.ts#L275)

Could you instead have program call a script which accepts the target and then builds the path you need, and then calls the executable you're wanting to launch?

[PetePriority]

Using an external script would be possible, but I would like to keep the configuration as simple as possible.

How would I access the launchTarget value from within the launch json? I've already tried "program": "${command:cmake.launchTarget}", but that didn't work.

[KoeMai]

The Implementation does not support it yet. I took a looked into the implementation, the information is very close to the extension API api.ExecutableTarget.

[minkir014]

You said the deployment made the matter works well. So what is the problem?

[bobbrow]

This is available in 1.4.2