du: WARNING: Circular directory structure.
Hopsakee opened this issue · 7 comments
Windows Version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4291]
WSL Version
2.1.5.0
Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?
- WSL 2
- WSL 1
Kernel Version
5.15.146.1-2
Distro Version
Ubuntu 22.04
Other Software
No response
Repro Steps
- Open Ubuntu 22.04 distro in WSL
- run: 'sudo du -h --max-dept=1` from root folder
Expected Behavior
Just show the size of the folders in root.
Actual Behavior
Show the size of the folders in root with following warning:
du: WARNING: Circular directory structure.
This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system.
NOTIFY YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER.
The following directory is part of the cycle:
./sys/kernel/debug/device_component
Diagnostic Logs
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How to collect WSL logs
Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:
Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1
The scipt will output the path of the log file once done.
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I mailed the WSL logs to wsl-gh-logs@microsoft.com.