PowerShell / PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH
`scp` locks the output file but it shouldn't
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Description
Prerequisites
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Steps to reproduce
- In CMD or PowerShell, download a big file into Windows with `scp
scp "hostname:big_input_file" big_output_file
- In another PowerShell terminal, while it's downloading, try to access it:
Get-Content big_output_file -TotalCount 2KB
- See the following error:
Get-Content: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\Robby\Desktop\big_output_file' because it is being used by another process.
Expected behavior
I'm trying to download a big file with `scp` and read it during the download in another program. This works with `scp` in WSL, but not in Windows.
Actual behavior
In Windows, I can't read from the file because it gets locked by `scp`.
Error details
Exception :
Type : System.IO.IOException
TargetSite :
Name : CreateFile
DeclaringType : [Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle]
MemberType : Method
Module : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
Message : The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\Robby\Desktop\big_output_file' because it is being
used by another process.
Source : System.Private.CoreLib
HResult : -2147024864
StackTrace :
at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.CreateFile(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access,
FileShare share, FileOptions options)
at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare
share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share,
FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.ChooseStrategyCore(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access,
FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemContentReaderWriter.CreateStreams(String filePath, String streamName,
FileMode fileMode, FileAccess fileAccess, FileShare fileShare, Encoding fileEncoding)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemContentReaderWriter..ctor(String path, String streamName, FileMode mode,
FileAccess access, FileShare share, Encoding encoding, Boolean usingByteEncoding, Boolean waitForChanges,
CmdletProvider provider, Boolean isRawStream)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.GetContentReader(String path)
TargetObject : C:\Users\Robby\Desktop\big_output_file.mkv
CategoryInfo : ReadError: (C:\Users\Robby\Desktop\big_output_file:String) [Get-Content], IOException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetContentReaderIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand
InvocationInfo :
MyCommand : Get-Content
ScriptLineNumber : 1
OffsetInLine : 1
HistoryId : 15
Line : Get-Content $env:file -TotalCount 2KB
Statement : Get-Content $env:file -TotalCount 2KB
PositionMessage : At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Content $env:file -TotalCount 2KB
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 10.0.22631
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Version
OpenSSH_for_Windows_9.5p1, LibreSSL 3.8.2
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the Windows scp command and the PowerShell Get-Content command while downloading a large file. Trace how the Windows client opens the destination output file and compare the behavior with scp in WSL. Done means another process can read the partially downloaded file during the transfer without the reported sharing violation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, shell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100