Trying to submit exercise

Exercism
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I’m trying to submit my first exercise but the command prompt is telling me “Error: not in workspace”. However, the file is in fact located in the correct path. I think a quick fix is changing the workspace directory. Any solutions on how I accomplish this?

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How did you create the file? The workflow is:

  1. exercism download --track=something --exercise=otherthing
  2. cd $workspace/something/otherthing
  3. Work on the exercise. Run tests. Pass tests.
  4. exercism upload from the directory, $workspace/something/otherthing

Questions:

  • What directory are you in?
  • How was the directory created?
  • What are all the files in the current directory?
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with the exercism configure command.

exercism configure -w /path/to/your/wanted/workspace

exercism configure with no options displays the current configuration.

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Well, that sort of helps. The issue is that the name of the user file in the C:\Users isn’t the same as what’s being reflected in the Command Prompt. I don’t know why or how this happened upon initial startup but it did. So, when I try to submit the exercise it’s telling me that the path isn’t available. Of course it’s not because the name of the user folder is different. So, How do I change the name of the user folder? Currently, it’s set to ‘BBH Admin’. The issue that I’m running into with this inside the command prompt is the space. I need to change the folder name to KyleV. Obviously, I can’t change the name through the conventional right-click and rename method. Is there a work around to this?

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@IsaacG … I hear you but it’s not that simple using the CLI. I’m using Delphi 11 CE and using the standard Command Prompt. The directory I’m in is C:\Users\KyleV\Exercism\delphi\hello-world…
HOWEVER, when you navigate to this path the name KyleV is not what appears. BBH Admin is what appears.

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Is your laptop managed by your company?

I’d try moving the workspace outside of C:\Users, to something like C:\Exercism

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I am my company. I changed to name for fomality. I didn’t know that a SOP for Windows 11 was to name the user folder 5 letters on its own. I can’t move it or change it…

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@glennj
Well, I’m still having issues trying to submit this exercise. I’m using the following path C:\Users\Kyle\Exercism\delphi

This is the Command Prompt syntax that I’m getting…
‘exercism’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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That means your OS cannot locate the exercism command. None of the directories in your % PATH% contain an exercism command. You can update the PATH or provide the complete path to the exercism command.