Error running gshell commands - IndexError: list index out of range.

[rishiravi17]

Hello

I am getting below given errors on executing gshell commands like gshell cd --with-id FILEID. Only commands that work is, gshell init or gshell info --with-id FILEID. Otherwise I am always getting these errors.

I tried on Centos 7 & Ubuntu 20. In an older instance of Centos 7, I was able to execute all commands and get results, which has the same Python versions as in the latest Centos 7 spin up instances. Could you please share some light on what could be wrong?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/centos/.local/bin/gshell", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 543, in main
cli()
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1128, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1053, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1659, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1395, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 407, in cmd_cd
cwd = getcwd()
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 106, in getcwd
return init_config()
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 97, in init_config
home_id = _get_home_id()
File "/home/centos/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 89, in _get_home_id
parent_id = lines[1][start:end].strip()
IndexError: list index out of range

Ubuntu:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".local/bin/gshell", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 543, in main
cli()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 764, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 717, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1137, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 956, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 555, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 131, in cmd_init
config_dir = init(name)
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 58, in init
init_config()
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 97, in init_config
home_id = _get_home_id()
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gshell/init.py", line 89, in _get_home_id parent_id = lines[1][start:end].strip()
IndexError: list index out of range

Appreciate your help on this. Thank you.

[AlbertHuyb]

Potentially this is because you don't have anything under your gdrive folder.

You can try to print the cmd and stdout in /home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gshell/init.py to debug it.

[duerrsimon]

For me this was related to not having anything in my home folder (even though I had a file shared with me). Perhaps a quick check could be added so that it fails more gracefully.