source .sh file for vscode launch - visual-studio-code

I have a .sh file which sets several environment variables which I need for a software to run. I am trying to debug that software with vscode, and I need to source that file so the debugger can start the software.
I can't source the file and then launch vscode, as the software is running inside a docker container, and the envvars point to locations inside the docker container.
I would like to know if there is a way to source the .sh file as part of the launch.json configuration.

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Use micromamba virtual environment in VS Code

We have to use micromamba for our app because conda is prohibitively slow for installing our packages. We use a devcontainer to install micromamba and its packages. This works for the VS Code terminal but the editor still cannot find my packages.
I only see a way to activate the micromamba environment with a shell script snippet or shell rc file. The works for the terminal, but I dont see a way to activate it for the editor processes. The closest setting I found is specific to venvs.
The solution was to add a .env file setting PYTHONPATH to the modules. Then setting "python.envFile" in .vscode/settings.json to point to that .env file.

How does VSCode's Remote Extension open files in my local editor through its internal terminal?

I use VSCode's remote development extension fairly regularly. I can use the terminal in VS Code as if it were on my own machine, and even the code command works correctly. That is, when I'm in a remote VSCode session, I can type code path/to/some/file and it will open another editor tab with that file. The terminal session and the file being opened are on the remote machine to which I've connected.
I have VSCode installed on the remote machine, and the code executable is in my PATH. So my question is, how is this functionality implemented behind the scenes? That is, how does VSCode know that when I type code path/to/some/file it should open that file into another editor tab on my machine instead of trying to fire up VSCode on the remote machine?
Literally seconds after I wrote the question I found the answer.
If I run which code in the terminal, it doesn't resolve to the usual VSCode executable, but instead it resolves to one located at $HOME/.vscode-server/bin/a5d1cc28bb5da32ec67e86cc50f84c67cc690321/bin/code.
If I echo $PATH I can see that $HOME/.config/bin and $HOME/.vscode-server/bin/a5d1cc28bb5da32ec67e86cc50f84c67cc690321/bin has been appended to the beginning of the PATH env var that my bash profile generates.
I assume this means that VSCode is executing bash with a different profile script that
Sources my usual bash profile
Creates the directories above and copies some helper programs into them
Modifies my path to include these directories
I also assume that the injected code executable is communicating with my local instance of VSCode in some way, instructing it to open the file in its editor.

How is the PATH variable defined for the vscode process itself (not the integrated terminal)?

I'm currently using a vscode over a remote ssh connection and cannot figure out how to set the search PATH for the vscode process itself. I have set the PATH for processes run in the terminal in my .bashrc file, which is also sourced from .bash_profile.
In spite of this, vscode complains that pipenv is not on the path although it is visible to my integrated terminal session. In my .bashrc I am loading environment modules to load versions of needed libraries, which get put on the PATH. Since I created my virtualenv using pipenv in the terminal, it knows which python version to use and makes a link to it in the environment definition. Because of the way python virtual environments work, the actual python binary is copied to the virtual environment. And because vscode has hardcoded paths where to look for virtual environments it is able to find the correct version of python that is in use (despite it not seeing it in the PATH).
In addition, hardcoding the path to pipenv using the extension setting python.pipenvPath still produces a "not found" error.
Solutions that I have seen elsewhere suggest launching vscode from the command line so that the process inherits the PATH settings. However, this will not work over a remote connection.

Can't get eclipse to run terminal command on mac

I have installed swig on my mac and it works in the console just fine. If I type swig -verison in terminal it spits out the version. Eclipse keeps telling me that it can't find swig. I am using the liquidfun library http://google.github.io/liquidfun/SWIG/html/index.html and it told me to put this export SWIG_BIN=$("which" swig) in .bashrc, which I did. This enviroment variable registers through terminal as well. Eclipse STILL won't grab swig properly. What the hell?
Bash reads .bash_profile, .bash_login or .profile. I don't expect the Eclipse process to load such a file (although I could be wrong) nor the SWIG_BIN variable to augment its search path for executables, but if you launch Eclipse from the shell, it should inherit the shell's environment variables.
Try running swig from eclipse using a full absolute path (the one that "which" returns).
The eclipse.ini file can set some startup parameters but perhaps not the path. There might be other eclipse startup files.
Another possibility is to add swig's directory to the path in a login script. (To test that, log out and back in, then start eclipse.)

Batch file in eclipse path variables not found

I want to start a batch-script in my eclipse. (Instructions here: How to run a batch script (.bat file) from eclipse)
In my batch file i need some commands like pear or phing.
I put the path to these commands into my environment variable called PATH.
(Works fine with cmd manually)
After starting the script, I'm getting this error:
'pear' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
If I type pear by hand, it doesn't work either.
You need to restart Eclipse after changing the system environment; environment variable changes requires any process that is already running to be restarted in order for that application to pick up the changes.
Another option might be to put the full path to those commands in the .bat file so that it doesn't rely on the system environment in order to work properly.
Tip: Make sure to close and start eclipse afresh for PATH variable changes to take effect. Using the Restart option in File menu may not help here.