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JPL wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are having the same problem then the one you already answers last 
> year in:
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-04/msg00395.html
> 
> Since the cygwin-1.5.21-1 specified that future release might not 
> support win_9x
> Do you have any plan for supporting longer path/filename than the
> actual 260 byte limit?
> 

I think Corrina outlined the basics of what needs to be done quite well.
This would be one place which would cause an incompatibility with non-NT-
based platforms of course.

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