PowerShell / PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH
SFTP is unable to fetch files with backslashes in their name
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Description
Prerequisites
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Steps to reproduce
- On a (Unix) remote, create a file named
foo\barwith:touch 'foo\bar' - From Windows:
sftp <user>@<remote> get 'foo\\bar' 'foo-bar'
Expected behavior
`Fetching /home/<user>/foo\bar to foo-bar`
Actual behavior
`File "/home/<user>/foo//bar" not found`.
Error details
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Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.2.7
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.2.7
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.22621
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Version
PowerShell 7.2.7
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Windows PowerShell 7.2.7 command against a Unix remote, using a filename containing a backslash as described. Trace the SFTP path handling and verify that the backslash remains part of the remote filename rather than becoming a separator; done when the fetch succeeds with the reported command.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- cli, networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100