POSIX Utilities Do Not Work If Source Path Folders Contain Spaces (312148)


The information in this article applies to:

  • MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit Supplement One ISBN 0-7356-1279-x
This article was previously published under Q312148

SUMMARY

The POSIX utilities, which are included with Supplement One of the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit, do not work if any folder name in the source path of the POSIX utilities contains a space.

For example, if the POSIX utility ls.exe is placed in the folder C:\Program Files, when running ls.exe at the command prompt from that folder you will receive the following error message:

C:\Program Files\ls
Usage: posix /c <path> [<args>]
To work around this issue, you must place the POSIX utilities in a source path that does not contain folders with spaces in their names.

MORE INFORMATION

The POSIX utilities included with the Resource Kit are not the official Unix tools provided by Microsoft. If you need to run full-featured UNIX tools in Windows, please obtain the Microsoft Windows Services For Unix:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sfu/default.mspx

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/9/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB312148
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