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ls: Windows - ls -l does not play well with Linux style mounting or cross drive junctions

Open AndreasBrostrom opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments
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When using "Linux style mounting" for drives in windows instead as a letter drive (C: D: E:) mounting ls -l does not understand what to do. This also goes for junctions pointing to letter drives roots.

Administrator in B-Station in ~ 
PS > ls -l .\Programs\
---------- 1 somebody somegroup 0 Nov 18  2021 ''\''.\Programs\'\''' -> 'C:\Programs'
Administrator in B-Station in ~ 
PS > cd .\Programs\
Administrator in B-Station in ~\Programs 
PS > ls -l
---------- 1 somebody somegroup 0 Nov 18  2021 . -> 'C:\Programs'
Administrator in B-Station in ~\Programs 
PS > ls
.icon  Bin  Lib  Src  Startup  SteamApps
Administrator in B-Station in ~\Programs 
PS > cd /
Administrator in B-Station in C: 
PS > ls -l C:\Programs\   
---------- 1 somebody somegroup 0 Nov 18  2021 ''\''C:\Programs\'\''' -> 'Volume{172295dd-7000-4af9-9d24-d2b7d9445fe9}\'
Administrator in B-Station in C: 
PS > cd .\Programs\       
Administrator in B-Station in C:\Programs 
PS > ls
.icon  Bin  Lib  Src  Startup  SteamApps
Administrator in B-Station in C:\Programs 
PS > ls -l
---------- 1 somebody somegroup 0 Nov 18  2021 . -> 'Volume{172295dd-7000-4af9-9d24-d2b7d9445fe9}\'
Administrator in B-Station in C:\Programs 
PS > cd
Administrator in B-Station in ~ 
PS > ls -l .\Repositories\
---------- 1 somebody somegroup 0 Nov 18  2021 ''\''.\Repositories\'\''' -> 'D:\'
Administrator in B-Station in ~ 
PS > cd .\Repositories\
Administrator in B-Station in ~\Repositories 
PS > ls   
Arma3          BlackOrder   OzilusOs          SpaceEngineers       dotfiles                 win-upgrade
Arma3Mission   DiskImages   PhoneRootProject  Tools                dotfiles.code-workspace
Arma3Resorces  GameConsept  Python            arma3-scoop-bucket   hoidev
ArmaRAddons    HoI4         RimWorld          arma3FixBinMake.reg  jmonkeyengine
ArmaRResorces  JS           Rust              armadev              secure
Baurotrama     Other        ShadowMisc        armake2              wdotfiles
Administrator in B-Station in ~\Repositories 
PS > ls -l
---------- 1 somebody somegroup 0 Nov 18  2021 . -> 'D:\'
Administrator in B-Station in ~\Repositories 

Screenshots of terminals below

"Linux style" mount point image

Junction to letter drive image

Setup

PS > pwsh
PowerShell 7.2.4
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS > starship
starship 1.6.3
Starship Contributors
The cross-shell prompt for astronauts. ☄🌌️

AndreasBrostrom avatar May 24 '22 10:05 AndreasBrostrom

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