How to make use of "code" cli command in postAttachCommand script

[Juan David (jota0222)]

I would like to open a file using code -r or open an url in the host browser using code --openExternal from the postAttachCommand, postStartCommand or the postCreatedCommand, but it seems not all the commands are available in this part of the lifecycle because it fails with this message:

However, it works as expected if I use it from the terminal. I must mention I also tried with the $BROWSER variable and it seems it's not defined when the lifecycles are running.

Do you have any way I can use to run those commands in the lifecycle hooks?

[Eljo George (eljog)]

Thank you for opening this discussion.

The lifecycle commands such as the onCreateCommand (the one you tried), postStartCommand and postAttachCommand are run non-interactively, hence it won't be able to launch a UI action.
If you are using Codespaces you could use postAttachCommand that can run interactive commands such as code --openExternal https://www.microsoft.com.

However it appears that it is not supported in vscode remote/devcontainers extension. If you are using this extension you may open a request at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues