X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47CF5266.5020307@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:09:42 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Long filename support, soon? References: <183c528b0803051710m31532c5bl51ba8bba2c6f50bc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <183c528b0803051710m31532c5bl51ba8bba2c6f50bc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Brian Mathis wrote: > I've been running into problems with rsync and "too long" filenames. > I've done the searching and know that it's an issue with the cygwin > library not using the unicode system calls. > > Is there a timetable for when this will be changed? I know it's a > pain, but so is not being able to use a lot of the great tools cygwin > provides because of this problem. > > Anyway, just wanted to ask and also add my vote for support for this. > Thanks. It is one of the many enhancements in the forthcoming 1.7 series. And it seems it is also an excruciatingly large task. There is no timetable for 1.7 as a result. But many hands make light work. If you and others you know have hands to lend, I know Corinna has a list of tasks that can use them. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/