[SOLVED] Any way to prevent pycache from creating pyc files while using VSCode debugger and launch.json?

Any way to prevent pycache from creating pyc files while using VSCode debugger and launch.json?

I am currently working on a Python project using the latest version on VSCode on Ubuntu 24.04.

When I run my project without using the debugger

python3 -B Main.py

I don't get any .pyc files created, which is fine.

However, when launching the debugger using the following launch.json file

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [

        {
            "name": "Run project in Debug Mode",
            "type": "debugpy",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "Main.py",
            "args": ["-B"]
        }
    ]
}

I get pycache .pyc files created accross the project packages.

Is there a way to get the -B argument to work in a launch.json file ?

Thanks

Solution

Well, I should probably wait before I post since I found a solution shortly after. Anyone interested, here is a solution that works:

Source: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/6986#issuecomment-581960186

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [

        {
            "name": "Run project in Debug Mode",
            "type": "debugpy",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "Main.py",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "env": {
                "PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE": "1" 
            }
        }
    ]
}