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New-Item cmdlet fails to create folder on PowerShell 7.0.0-preview.2
See original GitHub issueSteps to reproduce
- Create Ubuntu 18.04 VM in Azure
- wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.0.0-preview.2/powershell-preview_7.0.0-preview.2-1.ubuntu.18.04_amd64.deb
- sudo apt install ./powershell-preview_7.0.0-preview.2-1.ubuntu.18.04_amd64.deb
- pwsh-preview
- new-item -ItemType Directory ./newfolder
In bash run
export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
export LANG=C.UTF-8
pwsh
Then, run
New-Item -ItemType Directory ./bas
Expected behavior
new folder is created.
Actual behavior
PS /home/amitsaraf> new-item -ItemType Directory ./newfolder new-item : The type is not a known type for the file system. Only “file”,“directory” or “symboliclink” can be specified. At line:1 char:1
- new-item -ItemType Directory ./newfolder
-
- CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (😃 [New-Item], PSArgumentException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Environment data
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 4 years ago
- Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)
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The problem reproduces when the LANG is set as
C.UTF-8. To workaround:🎉This issue was addressed in #10186, which has now been successfully released as
v7.0.0-preview.3.🎉Handy links: