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mklement0 opened this issue May 7, 2017 · 2 comments
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Get-ChildItem doesn't treat directory symlinks as directories on Unix #3723

mklement0 opened this issue May 7, 2017 · 2 comments
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Resolution-Duplicate The issue is a duplicate. WG-Engine-Providers built-in PowerShell providers such as FileSystem, Certificates, Registry, etc.

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Note: Applies to Linux and macOS, not Windows.

In most contexts, a symlink to a directory should be treated as a directory.

Get-ChildItem on Unix platform currently treats directory symlinks as files, and therefore doesn't show their contents.

Steps to reproduce (run on a Unix platform)

# Create symlink 'tmpl' to directory '/tmp' in the current dir.
ln -s /tmp tmpl
# Pass the directory symlink to Get-ChildItem
Get-ChildItem tmpl

Expected behavior

A listing of the contents of directory /tmp

Actual behavior

Something like the following is output; i.e., information about the symlink itself, not its target's contents:

    Directory: /Users/jdoe


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                                                                              
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                                                                              
d----l           5/7/17   2:35 PM                tmpl

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PowerShell Core v6.0.0-alpha (v6.0.0-alpha.18) on macOS 10.12.4
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iSazonov commented May 7, 2017

It is duplicate #1958 and fixed by @jeffbi in #3697

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@iSazonov Glad to hear it; thanks for letting me know.

@iSazonov iSazonov added WG-Engine-Providers built-in PowerShell providers such as FileSystem, Certificates, Registry, etc. Resolution-Duplicate The issue is a duplicate. labels May 7, 2017
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