FileSystem.EntryInfo not populating in v2.2.6

[v2kiran]

Tested on Windows PowerShell v5.1

Alphafs v2.1.2

Alphafs v2.2.6

[Yomodo]

The animated GIF makes it kinda hard to troubleshoot. From what I can see: C:\temp\PSAlphaPS is a folder for which you are trying to get a FileInfo?

With $PSVersion: 5.1.17134.228 on Windows 10, I get a populated EntryInfo using:

([Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.FileInfo]::new("$env:windir\system32\notepad.exe")).EntryInfo

and

$file = ([Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.FileInfo]::new("$env:windir\system32\notepad.exe"))

Both give the same output:

Directory         : C:\WINDOWS\system32
DirectoryName     : C:\WINDOWS\system32
Exists            : True
IsReadOnly        : False
Length            : 245760
Name              : notepad.exe
Attributes        : Archive
CreationTime      : 8/18/2018 11:44:24 AM
CreationTimeUtc   : 8/18/2018 9:44:24 AM
Extension         : .exe
FullName          : C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
LastAccessTime    : 8/18/2018 11:44:24 AM
LastAccessTimeUtc : 8/18/2018 9:44:24 AM
LastWriteTime     : 8/18/2018 11:44:24 AM
LastWriteTimeUtc  : 8/18/2018 9:44:24 AM
EntryInfo         : C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe

[v2kiran]

ah yeah should have known not to use a gif :).

Here is the the explanation in code.

I run 4 lines of code with 2 versions of Alphafs:

• 2.1.2
• 2.2.6

with version 2.1.2 . the output of line 4 lists a Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.FileSystemEntryInfo object as expected.

version 2.1.2

#Version 2.1.2
$Alphafs = "C:\temp\nuget\AlphaFS.2.1.2\lib\net45\AlphaFS.dll"
$pathstr = "C:\temp\PSAlphaFS"
Add-Type -Path $Alphafs
[alphaleonis.win32.filesystem.fileinfo]::new($pathstr).EntryInfo

# OUTPUT with 2.1.2
PS C:\>

AlternateFileName :
Attributes        : Directory
CreationTime      : 10/22/2018 9:25:03 PM
CreationTimeUtc   : 10/22/2018 7:25:03 PM
FileName          : PSAlphaFS
FileSize          : 0
FullPath          : C:\temp\PSAlphaFS
IsCompressed      : False
IsHidden          : False
IsDirectory       : True
IsEncrypted       : False
IsMountPoint      : False
IsOffline         : False
IsReadOnly        : False
IsReparsePoint    : False
IsSymbolicLink    : False
LastAccessTime    : 10/22/2018 9:25:06 PM
LastAccessTimeUtc : 10/22/2018 7:25:06 PM
LastWriteTime     : 10/22/2018 9:25:06 PM
LastWriteTimeUtc  : 10/22/2018 7:25:06 PM
LongFullPath      : \\?\C:\temp\PSAlphaFS
ReparsePointTag   : None

PS C:\>

I then run the same 4 lines of code with the latest version 2.2.6

version 2.2.6

#Version 2.2.6
$Alphafs = "C:\temp\nuget\AlphaFS.2.1.2\lib\net45\AlphaFS.dll"
$pathstr = "C:\temp\PSAlphaFS"
Add-Type -Path $Alphafs
[alphaleonis.win32.filesystem.fileinfo]::new($pathstr).EntryInfo

# OUTPUT with 2.2.6
PS C:\> $Alphafs = "C:\temp\nuget\AlphaFS.2.2.6\lib\net45\AlphaFS.dll"
$pathstr = "C:\temp\PSAlphaFS"
Add-Type -Path $Alphafs
[alphaleonis.win32.filesystem.fileinfo]::new($pathstr).EntryInfo
PS C:\>

as can be seen from the output we dont get any output for line 4 .

but if you assign the expression to a variable and then use the dot notation on the property we see the object:

$a = [alphaleonis.win32.filesystem.fileinfo]::new($pathstr)
$a.EntryInfo

PS C:\> $a = [alphaleonis.win32.filesystem.fileinfo]::new($pathstr)
$a.EntryInfo

AlternateFileName :
Attributes        : Directory
CreationTime      : 10/22/2018 9:25:03 PM
CreationTimeUtc   : 10/22/2018 7:25:03 PM
FileName          : PSAlphaFS
FileSize          : 0
FullPath          : C:\temp\PSAlphaFS
IsCompressed      : False
IsHidden          : False
IsDirectory       : True
IsEncrypted       : False
IsMountPoint      : False
IsOffline         : False
IsReadOnly        : False
IsReparsePoint    : False
IsSymbolicLink    : False
LastAccessTime    : 10/22/2018 9:25:06 PM
LastAccessTimeUtc : 10/22/2018 7:25:06 PM
LastWriteTime     : 10/22/2018 9:25:06 PM
LastWriteTimeUtc  : 10/22/2018 7:25:06 PM
LongFullPath      : \\?\C:\temp\PSAlphaFS
ReparsePointTag   : None

This should work without having to assign the expression to a variable.

Powershell Version:

PS C:\> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17134.228
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17134.228
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1