bug#74150: ESHELL support for executables that are NTFS file system reparse points

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM:

None of the executables inside
C:/Users/Me/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps
can be run from the command line under eshell.

The error I receive when trying to run any of these executables looks like:

Opening input file: Invalid argument,
C:/Users/Me/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/notepad.exe

What I've been able to glean so far is that these executables, all of which
are 0k in size, are in fact NTFS reparse points which contain metadata
that is supposed to be read by the appropriate filter driver.

In a cmd.exe or pwsh.exe console under windows, I can run this notepad.exe
executable from the command line without any problem. So I think the
issue has to do with eshell not being able to handle file system
objects that are NTFS reparse points.

Could not find any additional information on this by searching the web.

An obvious workaround is to call cmd.exe /C notepad.exe from inside eshell,
but I would like to better understand why eshell cannot call any of
these executables directly.

Should this be considered a bug or a feature?



In GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 2, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2024-06-23 built on
 fv-az1388-367
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.22631
System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (v10.0.2009.22631.4391)

Configured using:
 'configure --prefix=/mingw64 --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --with-modules --without-dbus
 --without-compress-install --with-tree-sitter
 --with-native-compilation=aot 'CFLAGS=-march=nocona -msahf
 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong
 -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration'
 CPPFLAGS=-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 'LDFLAGS= -lpthread''

Configured features:
ACL GIF GMP GNUTLS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY
W32NOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XPM ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ENU
  locale-coding-system: cp1252

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
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  eldoc-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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trampver tramp-integration tramp-compat parse-time iso8601 time-date
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comint ansi-osc ansi-color ring em-basic em-banner em-alias esh-mode
eshell esh-cmd generator cl-loaddefs comp comp-cstr warnings icons
subr-x rx cl-seq cl-macs gv cl-extra help-mode bytecomp byte-compile
cl-lib esh-ext esh-opt esh-proc esh-io esh-arg esh-module esh-groups
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Memory information:
((conses 16 130718 7658)
 (symbols 48 10843 0)
 (strings 32 35011 2189)
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