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Subject: Re: cygwin-1.5.21: cygpath -w --long-name scrambles non-existing filename
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On Jul 27 19:10, Matthias Bolz wrote:
> i.e., as long as the file name does not exist and exceeds a certain length,
> it gets scrambled with the -l option.
> Without the -l option, in posix format, or if the file exists, the output is
> fine.
> 
> Can you confirm this bug? Is there a workaround?

Thanks for the report.  I have checked in a patch to current CVS.
There's no workaround except not using the -l option or to use a cygpath
build from current CVS.


Corinna

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