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

Since this is the top Google search result for variants of "VS Code path", I will add my answer here.

I'm running Linux and my problem was that VS Code couldn't find some executable needed to build my project. I was running VS Code from the quick launcher (ALT+F2), and not from a Terminal. I tried modifying the PATH variable in many different places, but I couldn't seem to get it right.

In the end, placing the right PATH inside of ~/.zshenv is what worked. It's because .zshenv is the only file that gets sourced for non-interactive shell command execution like from inside of VS Code (more detailed explanation here https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/71253/what-should-shouldnt-go-in-zshenv-zshrc-zlogin-zprofile-zlogout )