bug#6288: gnuwin32 du fails at "C:\Program Files"

[Assaf Gordon]

tags 6288 moreinfo
close 6288
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 2010-05-28 6:42 a.m., Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/27/2010 06:54 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> > On XP SP3, 12GB drive, du quits at (i.e., just before) my directory
> > "C:\Program Files\".
>
> In general, questions about tools ported to windows are better directed
> to the place where you got the tools, rather than upstream, since
> windows includes its own set of porting pitfalls.
>
> > C:\Program Files\gnu\gnuwin32>du --v
> > du (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
>
> That's quite old.  Perhaps you would be interested in trying cygwin,
> where coreutils 8.5 has been ported.  I have not had any problems using
> the cygwin port of coreutils in running things like du.

With no further comments in 8 years,
I'm closing this bug.

-assaf