Set global $PATH environment variable in VS Code

Question

I\'m defining a custom $PATH environment variable in my ~/.bash_profile (on a Mac), like so:

PATH=\"$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH:$HOME/bi         


        

Answer 1

Visual Studio Code is the problem.

No matter how you set your PATH variable in the shell, there are cases where Visual Studio Code will not inherit your PATH setting. If you're using an application launcher like LaunchBar to start Visual Studio Code, your PATH variable will not be inherited.

Here is a system-wide fix:

In the /etc/paths.d directory, create a file with your Unix username. In that file, place the additional paths that Visual Studio Code needs to work. In my case, this is the contents of my /etc/paths.d file:

/usr/ucb /opt/local/bin /opt/local/sbin ~/go/bin

Note: Your /etc/paths.d file will be processed system-wide. Since most systems are single-user, this shouldn't be a problem for most developers.