Compiling with --build-path

[josejsarmento]

Bug Report

Current behavior

Compiling a sketch with the --build-path flag is not working for me. Whenever I run the following command:

arduino-cli compile --build-path ../ArduinoOutput -b esp8266:esp8266:generic sketch

I get:

Couldn't deeply cache core build: Rel: can't make ../ArduinoOutput relative to /var/folders/gg/v110hgf95ls12d5vvmv2mc0c0000gn/T/arduino-core-cache
Running normal build of the core...

Expected behavior

I expect the program to save the compiled files at the chosen folder and to re-use them when I compile again afterwards. This would be similar to the 'output' option in the Arduino extension in Visual Studio Code.

Environment

• CLI version (output of arduino-cli version): arduino-cli alpha Version: 0.18.3 Commit: d710b642 Date: 2021-05-21T17:11:27Z
• OS and platform: Mac OS 11.5.2

[josejsarmento]

I've found the issue: arduino-cli doesn't handle relative paths
#630 (comment)

[silvanocerza]

Duplicate of #630, closing.