I can not figure out how to add files or directory in Windows command line.

[Shikibashi]

ipfs add -r ./$dir F:\Documents\DOCUMENTs will not work, neither will ipfs add -r F:\Documents\DOCUMENTs which brings up Error: can't Lock file "C:\Users\tshef.ipfs/repo.lock": has non-zero size.
What am I doing wrong here?

[jbenet]

Looks like a bug with the repo lock -- cc @whyrusleeping
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 19:13 Shikibashi notifications@github.com wrote:

ipfs add -r ./$dir F:\Documents\DOCUMENTs will not work, neither will ipfs
add -r F:\Documents\DOCUMENTs which brings up Error: can't Lock file
"C:\Users\tshef.ipfs/repo.lock": has non-zero size.
What am I doing wrong here?

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[whyrusleeping]

looks like it, yeah. @Shikibashi do you have a repro?

[whyrusleeping]

also, can i get the output of ipfs diag sys in a gist?

[Shikibashi]

I do not think i have a repo. How would i check that?
I ran ipfs diag sys in the command line and i got the error: The system cannot find the path specified.

I restarted my computer and now ipfs add works. I do not know how that works, but it did.

[jbenet]

@Shikibashi try ipfs init ?

[ilyaigpetrov]

The same problem. Starting ipfs daemon resolves the lock.

[contributorpw]

Administrator privileges are required. Is there a way to avoid this?

User@BIGPC MINGW64 /c
$ ipfs cat /ipfs/QmYwAPJzv5CZsnA625s3Xf2nemtYgPpHdWEz79ojWnPbdG/readme
Error: can't Lock file "C:\\Users\\User\\.ipfs/repo.lock": has non-zero size

User@BIGPC MINGW64 /c
$ ipfs daemon
Initializing daemon...
Error: can't Lock file "C:\\Users\\User\\.ipfs/repo.lock": has non-zero size

Never mind. My bash is broken #irc

[flyingzumwalt]

This issue was moved to https://discuss.ipfs.io/t/i-can-not-figure-out-how-to-add-files-or-directory-in-windows-command-line/390