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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py16
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
index 8581081e48..b39a17b52a 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from llnl.util import tty
from llnl.util.lang import dedupe, memoized
from llnl.util.symlink import islink, symlink
-from spack.util.executable import CommandNotFoundError, Executable, which
+from spack.util.executable import Executable, which
from spack.util.path import path_to_os_path, system_path_filter
is_windows = _platform == "win32"
@@ -117,13 +117,7 @@ def path_contains_subdirectory(path, root):
@memoized
def file_command(*args):
"""Creates entry point to `file` system command with provided arguments"""
- try:
- file_cmd = which("file", required=True)
- except CommandNotFoundError as e:
- if is_windows:
- raise CommandNotFoundError("`file` utility is not available on Windows")
- else:
- raise e
+ file_cmd = which("file", required=True)
for arg in args:
file_cmd.add_default_arg(arg)
return file_cmd
@@ -134,7 +128,11 @@ def _get_mime_type():
"""Generate method to call `file` system command to aquire mime type
for a specified path
"""
- return file_command("-b", "-h", "--mime-type")
+ if is_windows:
+ # -h option (no-dereference) does not exist in Windows
+ return file_command("-b", "--mime-type")
+ else:
+ return file_command("-b", "-h", "--mime-type")
@memoized