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Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:11:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	Shankar Unni <shankar AT cotagesoft DOT com>
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: cygpath bug?
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Shankar Unni wrote:

> BB wrote:
>
> > Shouldn't GetShortPathName() == 0 always cause the get_short_name()
> > function to fail?
>
> I would sincerely hope not. I see no reason why cygpath conversion has
> to be tied to the existence of files. We often need to use cygpath to
> convert between formats for files which we are about to create.
>
> e.g.
>
>    notepad `cygpath -d "/cygdrive/c/some nonexistent file.txt"`
>
> will make notepad create that file for me.

Also note that on some filesystems there *is* no short name (and we may
not get ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER for filenames <67 bytes in length).
	Igor
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