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I have a remote Ubuntu VM with my source code, makefile and resultant program on it.
I have a Windows machine with VS2019 and I am trying to remotely debug the program.
The source code is not currently on the Windows machine at all.
I have created an Empty C++ Linux project.
The SSH connection is working and the Connection Manager seems happy.
The program can be started and the Linux Console shows the program running.
I cannot work out how to add the files so that I can then add breakpoints to them.
Previously when I was using WSL2 I was able to "Add Existing Item" and then browse on my U: (for Ubuntu) wsl drive or \wsl$.
I have read about the Property called Copy Sources https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/linux/prop-pages/copy-sources-project?view=msvc-160
but I'd rather not edit the vcxproj file to copy files from Windows to Ubuntu if possible.
Any ideas please?
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Hi PerrettDuncan,
You can try to specified your file path in Project Properties Page/Copy Sources/Additional Sources To Copy
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OK I'll try.
The docs say -
Specifies additional sources to copy to the remote system. Optionally specify local to remote mapping pairs using a syntax like this: fulllocalpath1:=fullremotepath1;fulllocalpath2:=fullremotepath2, where a local file can be copied to the specified remote location on the remote system.
So does that mean I have to specify every individual file?
Ideally it would be nice to just point to a local folder and say *.cpp.
In reference to the "Remote Copy Source Method" -
How does rsync work for Visual Studio in Windows?
Have Microsoft got their own rsync implementation hidden in VS2019?
Or do they just rely on WSL?
FWIW I've decided to do the synchronising myself in scripts rather than rely on Visual Studio to do it for me.
My scripts use rsync with ssh from WSL.