ctag with space in path

[MarekLew]

Environment data

VS Code version: Code 1.18.0 (dcee2202709a4f223185514b9275aa4229841aa7, 2017-11-08T12:44:48.751Z)
Python Extension version: 0.8
Python Version: 2.17.2
OS and version: Ubuntu 16.04
$ ctags --version
Exuberant Ctags 5.9~svn20110310, Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Darren Hiebert
Addresses: dhiebert@users.sourceforge.net, http://ctags.sourceforge.net
Optional compiled features: +wildcards, +regex

Actual behavior

Where project have space in path tags file in .vscode folder is not generate. visual studio code does not indicate a problem.

Windows (10) have similar problem.

Expected behavior

generate ctags when space is inside project path

Steps to reproduce:

code "/home/user/Desktop/repos/test space"

Test solution

when I in console write (relative path):

$ ctags --options=/home/user/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-0.8.0/resources/ctagOptions --languages=Python --exclude=**/site-packages/** -o ./.vscode/tags . 

then tags file is generate.

Logs

Output from Python output panel

ctags --options=/home/user/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-0.8.0/resources/ctagOptions --languages=Python --exclude=**/site-packages/** -o ./.vscode/tags .
ctags: cannot open tag file : No such file or directory

Output from Console window (Help->Developer Tools menu)
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[MarekLew]

Relations to #146

[glutanimate]

I can confirm that I'm experiencing the same issue on Ubuntu 14.04 and 17.04 with VS Code 1.18.1 / Python Extension 0.8. Generating the tags using a relative path, as stated in the original report, works for me.

My ctags version info is as follows:

$ ctags --version
Exuberant Ctags 5.9~svn20110310, Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Darren Hiebert
  Compiled: Nov 26 2017, 16:38:57
  Addresses: <dhiebert@users.sourceforge.net>, http://ctags.sourceforge.net
  Optional compiled features: +wildcards, +regex, +internal-sort

(I tried recompiling ctags with the --disable-external-sort option, which some users had reported success with in other instances of ctags malfunctioning due to whitespace, but it didn't seem to have any effect in this case)

[brettcannon]

I can verify this is a bug.

Using Build Workspace Symbols:

C:\Users\brettcannon\Downloads\ctags58\ctags58\ctags --options=C:\Users\brettcannon\.vscode-insiders\extensions\vscode-python\resources\ctagOptions --languages=Python --exclude=**/site-packages/** -o "c:\Users\brettcannon\Desktop\some bunk\.vscode\tags" .
ctags: cannot open tag file : Invalid argument

Copying and pasting the exact same command into PowerShell:

PS C:\Users\brettcannon\Desktop\some bunk> C:\Users\brettcannon\Downloads\ctags58\ctags58\ctags --options=C:\Users\brettcannon\.vscode-insiders\extensions\vscode-python\resources\ctagOptions --languages=Python --exclude=**/site-packages/** -o "c:\Users\brettcannon\Desktop\some bunk\.vscode\tags" .
PS C:\Users\brettcannon\Desktop\some bunk>

Maybe it's how we escape characters that we send to the terminal? I know that can be a bit tricky.