Function extractArgs

Extension/src/common.ts:1009–1097

(argsString: string)

}

function extractArgs(argsString: string): string[] {
    argsString = argsString.trim();
    if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
        argsString = resolveWindowsEnvironmentVariables(argsString);
        const result: string[] = [];
        let currentArg: string = "";
        let isInQuote: boolean = false;
        let wasInQuote: boolean = false;
        let i: number = 0;
        while (i < argsString.length) {
            let c: string = argsString[i];
            if (c === '\"') {
                if (!isInQuote) {
                    isInQuote = true;
                    wasInQuote = true;
                    ++i;
                    continue;
                }
                // Need to peek at next character.
                if (++i === argsString.length) {
                    break;
                }
                c = argsString[i];
                if (c !== '\"') {
                    isInQuote = false;
                }
                // Fall through. If c was a quote character, it will be added as a literal.
            }
            if (c === '\\') {
                let backslashCount: number = 1;
                let reachedEnd: boolean = true;
                while (++i !== argsString.length) {
                    c = argsString[i];
                    if (c !== '\\') {
                        reachedEnd = false;
                        break;
                    }
                    ++backslashCount;
                }
                const still_escaping: boolean = (backslashCount % 2) !== 0;
                if (!reachedEnd && c === '\"') {
                    backslashCount = Math.floor(backslashCount / 2);
                }
                while (backslashCount--) {
                    currentArg += '\\';
                }
                if (reachedEnd) {
                    break;
                }
                // If not still escaping and a quote was found, it needs to be handled above.
                if (!still_escaping && c === '\"') {
                    continue;
                }
                // Otherwise, fall through to handle c as a literal.
            }
            if (c === ' ' || c === '\t' || c === '\r' || c === '\n') {
                if (!isInQuote) {
                    if (currentArg !== "" || wasInQuote) {