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Description
Prerequisites
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Steps to reproduce
Map your WSL isntance to a drive letter.
For instance my W: drive is mapped to \wsl$\Ubuntu
Run Get-Content with the -Path and -Wait parameter to print out the text file and monitor it for changes:
Example: Get-Content -Path "W:\home\joseph\myvoipms\cron.log" -Wait
Expected behavior
Get-Content should wait for new content in the file, and print it as it comes in.
Actual behavior
Get-Content prints out the file, but then says "Get-Content: Incorrect function."
Error details
Exception :
Type : System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
NativeErrorCode : 1
ErrorCode : -2147467259
TargetSite :
Name : WaitForChanges
DeclaringType : [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemContentReaderWriter]
MemberType : Method
Module : System.Management.Automation.dll
Message : Incorrect function.
Source : System.Management.Automation
HResult : -2147467259
StackTrace :
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemContentReaderWriter.WaitForChanges(String filePath, FileMode fileMode,
FileAccess fileAccess, FileShare fileShare, Encoding fileEncoding)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemContentReaderWriter.ReadByLine(Boolean waitChanges, List`1 blocks,
Boolean readBackward)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemContentReaderWriter.Read(Int64 readCount)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand.ProcessRecord()
CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-Content], Win32Exception
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ProviderContentReadError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand
InvocationInfo :
MyCommand : Get-Content
ScriptLineNumber : 1
OffsetInLine : 1
HistoryId : 3
Line : Get-Content -Path "W:\home\josephur\myvoipms\cron.log" -Wait
Statement : Get-Content -Path "W:\home\josephur\myvoipms\cron.log" -Wait
PositionMessage : At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Content -Path "W:\home\josephur\myvoipms\cron.log" -Wait
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
InvocationName : Get-Content
CommandOrigin : Internal
ScriptStackTrace : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo :
0
1
Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.4.3
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.4.3
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Visuals
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