Split-Path works with uri, but Join-Path does not #20011
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Steps to reproduce
Join-Path fails on uris and Windows-style absolute paths when on Linux (I suspect it also fails with Unix-style absolute paths on Windows, but don't have a machine to confirm). This is different to Resolve-Path failing on non-existant files (see #2993), as those work just fine. It is also inconsistent with Split-Path, which does not care about anything.
I discovered it when trying to use Join-Path to form uri for Invoke-RestMethod, as ${Parent}/${Leaf} would sometimes fail due to trailing /.
It is best demonstrated with the following test function:
function Test-RejoinPath($Path) {
Split-Path -Parent $Path | Tee-Object -Variable Parent
Split-Path -Leaf $Path | Tee-Object -Variable Leaf
Join-Path $Parent $Leaf
}Expected behavior
> test-RejoinPath '/home/me/file.txt'
/home/me
file.txt
/home/me/file.txt
> Test-RejoinPath 'C:/Users/me/file.txt' # On Linux
C:/Users/me
file.txt
C:/Users/me/file.txt
> Test-RejoinPath 'example.com/file.txt'
example.com
file.txt
example.com/file.txt
> Test-RejoinPath 'https://example.com/file.txt'
https://example.com
file.txt
https://example.com/file.txtActual behavior
> test-RejoinPath '/home/me/file.txt'
/home/me
file.txt
/home/me/file.txt
> Test-RejoinPath 'C:/Users/me/file.txt' # On Linux
C:/Users/me
file.txt
Join-Path:
Line |
4 | Join-Path $Parent $Leaf
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'C' does not exist.
> Test-RejoinPath 'example.com/file.txt'
example.com
file.txt
example.com/file.txt
> Test-RejoinPath 'https://example.com/file.txt'
https://example.com
file.txt
Join-Path:
Line |
4 | Join-Path $Parent $Leaf
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'https' does not exist.Error details
Exception :
Type : System.Management.Automation.DriveNotFoundException
ErrorRecord :
Exception :
Type : System.Management.Automation.ParentContainsErrorRecordException
Message : Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'https' does not exist.
HResult : -2146233087
TargetObject : https
CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (https:String) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : DriveNotFound
ItemName : https
SessionStateCategory : Drive
TargetSite :
Name : GetDrive
DeclaringType : System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal, System.Management.Automation,
Version=7.4.0.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
MemberType : Method
Module : System.Management.Automation.dll
Message : Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'https' does not exist.
Source : System.Management.Automation
HResult : -2146233087
StackTrace :
at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.GetDrive(String name, Boolean automount)
at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.GetDrive(String name, Boolean automount)
at System.Management.Automation.LocationGlobber.GetDriveRootRelativePathFromPSPath(String path,
CmdletProviderContext context, Boolean escapeCurrentLocation, PSDriveInfo& workingDriveForPath, CmdletProvider&
providerInstance)
at System.Management.Automation.LocationGlobber.GetProviderPath(String path, CmdletProviderContext context,
Boolean isTrusted, ProviderInfo& provider, PSDriveInfo& drive)
at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.MakePath(String parent, String child,
CmdletProviderContext context)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand.ProcessRecord()
TargetObject : https
CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (https:String) [Join-Path], DriveNotFoundException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : DriveNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand
InvocationInfo :
MyCommand : Join-Path
ScriptLineNumber : 4
OffsetInLine : 5
HistoryId : 276
Line : Join-Path $Parent $Leaf
Statement : Join-Path $Parent $Leaf
PositionMessage : At line:4 char:5
+ Join-Path $Parent $Leaf
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
InvocationName : Join-Path
CommandOrigin : Internal
ScriptStackTrace : at Test-RejoinPath, <No file>: line 4
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo :Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.4.0-preview.4
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.4.0-preview.4
OS Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Visuals
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