usage: west: error: argument : invalid choice: 'build'

Hi,

I'm a real novice with this but I'm having this issue and I can't see how to resolve it.

Building HeartRate_sensor
west build --build-dir c:\Users\deirdre.hackett\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor --pristine --board nrf52840dk_nrf52840 -- -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=On -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION:STRING="NONE" -DBOARD_ROOT:STRING="c:/Users/anon/Nordic/VS_projects/HeartRate_sensor"

usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...
west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')
The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 2).

[12:31:43] west build --build-dir c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor
[12:32:15] Success.
[12:32:44] west build --build-dir c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor
[12:32:45] Success.
[12:32:46] west flash -d c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build --skip-rebuild -r nrfjprog --snr 683130583
[12:33:03] Success.
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IMPORTANT: The data below could contain sensitive or confidential information about your environment.
If you do not wish this to be seen by others, please make sure to remove it before sharing.

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  • Hello Deirdre, 

    I'm a real novice with this but I'm having this issue and I can't see how to resolve it.

    No worries. Let's see if we can find the solution to this. Thank you for providing the support information! Slight smile

    The initial part I noticed is the two paths in the build command:

    west build --build-dir c:\Users\deirdre.hackett\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor

    C:\Users\deirdre.hackett\....

    C:\Users\anon\...

    Is this the same folders?

    usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...
    west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')
    The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 2).

    Looks like it does not find West, this is usually due to missing Zephyr base. However, in the provided support information it is defined: "ZEPHYR_BASE": "c:\\Users\\anon\\ncs\\v1.9.1\\zephyr",

    Have you installed the nRF Connect SDK using our Toolchain Manager?  Did you open VS Code from the Toolchain Manager? 

    Kind regards,
    Øyvind

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  • Hello Deirdre, 

    I'm a real novice with this but I'm having this issue and I can't see how to resolve it.

    No worries. Let's see if we can find the solution to this. Thank you for providing the support information! Slight smile

    The initial part I noticed is the two paths in the build command:

    west build --build-dir c:\Users\deirdre.hackett\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor

    C:\Users\deirdre.hackett\....

    C:\Users\anon\...

    Is this the same folders?

    usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...
    west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')
    The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 2).

    Looks like it does not find West, this is usually due to missing Zephyr base. However, in the provided support information it is defined: "ZEPHYR_BASE": "c:\\Users\\anon\\ncs\\v1.9.1\\zephyr",

    Have you installed the nRF Connect SDK using our Toolchain Manager?  Did you open VS Code from the Toolchain Manager? 

    Kind regards,
    Øyvind

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