GNU bug report logs - #8271
GNUwin32 --df- command in Windows 2008

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Adrian Eusebio <adrian.eusebio <at> netdimensions.com>
Cc: 8271 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8271: GNUwin32 --df- command in Windows 2008
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:35:56 -0600

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On 03/17/2011 04:14 AM, Adrian Eusebio wrote:
> Hi,
> I installed the Gnuwin32 on my windows 2008 server and had problem
> with *df*command.
> The result of this command did not show on DOS prompt but if im going to
> type the "df --help", it shows the help details.
> 
> *C:\Users\netd_adrian>df*
> *df: cannot read table of mounted file systems: Invalid argument*
> 
> How to fix this error in Windows 2008 server?

That points to a porting problem in the Gnuwin32 project, so you should
take your complaint there.

Meanwhile, I highly recommend using the cygwin project (cygwin.com)
instead of Gnuwin32.  Cygwin's df works just fine on Windows 2008 Server
without any failure to find mounted file systems.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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