How can I use this tool on Windows

[ronenfe]

I'm running the AWS CLI in windows command prompt. How can I download and use this tool?

[ronenfe]

Ok, I had to first install VS Build tools C++ and Rust for windows.

[ronenfe]

Installation failed with following errors:

 Compiling coldsnap v0.6.1
error[E0433]: failed to resolve: could not find `unix` in `os`
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\block_device.rs:11:14
   |
11 | use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
   |              ^^^^ could not find `unix` in `os`
   |
note: found an item that was configured out
  --> /rustc/129f3b9964af4d4a709d1383930ade12dfe7c081\library\std\src\os\mod.rs:26:9
note: found an item that was configured out
  --> /rustc/129f3b9964af4d4a709d1383930ade12dfe7c081\library\std\src\os\mod.rs:64:9

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: could not find `unix` in `os`
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\download.rs:21:14
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21 | use std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt;
   |              ^^^^ could not find `unix` in `os`
   |
note: found an item that was configured out
  --> /rustc/129f3b9964af4d4a709d1383930ade12dfe7c081\library\std\src\os\mod.rs:26:9
note: found an item that was configured out
  --> /rustc/129f3b9964af4d4a709d1383930ade12dfe7c081\library\std\src\os\mod.rs:64:9

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: could not find `unix` in `os`
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\upload.rs:25:14
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25 | use std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt;
   |              ^^^^ could not find `unix` in `os`
   |
note: found an item that was configured out
  --> /rustc/129f3b9964af4d4a709d1383930ade12dfe7c081\library\std\src\os\mod.rs:26:9
note: found an item that was configured out
  --> /rustc/129f3b9964af4d4a709d1383930ade12dfe7c081\library\std\src\os\mod.rs:64:9

error[E0432]: unresolved import `nix::ioctl_read`
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\block_device.rs:20:9
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20 |     use nix::ioctl_read;
   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no `ioctl_read` in the root

error[E0425]: cannot find function `blkgetsize64` in module `ioctl`
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\block_device.rs:32:34
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32 |     let result = unsafe { ioctl::blkgetsize64(file.as_raw_fd(), &mut block_device_size) }
   |                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found in `ioctl`

error[E0412]: cannot find type `Error` in crate `nix`
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\block_device.rs:60:58
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60 |         GetBlockDeviceSize { path: PathBuf, source: nix::Error },
   |                                                          ^^^^^ not found in `nix`
   |
help: consider importing one of these items
   |
47 +     use aws_sdk_ebs::Error;
   |
47 +     use aws_sdk_ec2::Error;
   |
47 +     use core::error::Error;
   |
47 +     use core::fmt::Error;
   |
     and 11 other candidates
help: if you import `Error`, refer to it directly
   |
60 -         GetBlockDeviceSize { path: PathBuf, source: nix::Error },
60 +         GetBlockDeviceSize { path: PathBuf, source: Error },
   |

error[E0599]: no method named `is_block_device` found for struct `FileType` in the current scope
   --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\download.rs:449:34
    |
449 |         if file_meta.file_type().is_block_device() {
    |                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ method not found in `FileType`

error[E0599]: no method named `is_block_device` found for struct `FileType` in the current scope
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\upload.rs:85:50
   |
85 |         let file_size = if file_meta.file_type().is_block_device() {
   |                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ method not found in `FileType`

error[E0599]: no method named `as_raw_fd` found for struct `std::fs::File` in the current scope
  --> C:\Users\ronen\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\coldsnap-0.6.1\src\block_device.rs:32:52
   |
32 |     let result = unsafe { ioctl::blkgetsize64(file.as_raw_fd(), &mut block_device_size) }
   |                                                    ^^^^^^^^^
   |
help: there is a method `as_raw_handle` with a similar name
   |
32 |     let result = unsafe { ioctl::blkgetsize64(file.as_raw_handle(), &mut block_device_size) }
   |                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some errors have detailed explanations: E0412, E0425, E0432, E0433, E0599.
For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0412`.
error: could not compile `coldsnap` (lib) due to 9 previous errors
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
error: failed to compile `coldsnap v0.6.1`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `C:\Users\ronen\AppData\Local\Temp\cargo-installlVxVyd`.
To reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment variable `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.

[rpkelly]

Hi, thanks for your interest in using coldsnap. Unfortunately, this tool only supports unix based operating systems (as seen in the error you're hitting trying to compile on Windows). I would assume that the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) would be enough to run this, but I have not tested it