Different-FileInfo-ToString

Get-ChildItem gets items converted to strings differently

Fixed in v6.1.0-preview.3

Get-ChildItem returns FileSystemInfo objects. Objects representing the same item may be converted to strings differently. In some cases they are converted as full paths, in other cases as just names.

For example, this command gets items that converted to strings as full paths:

Get-ChildItem . -Include *

This command gets the same items but they are converted to strings as names:

Get-ChildItem .

Scripts

• Test-1-different-ToString.ps1 shows different conversion to strings of seemingly same items.
• Test-2-Resolve-Path-fails.ps1 shows how Resolve-Path fails with items returned from Get-ChildItem.

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