X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:35:48 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Another long pathname question Message-ID: <20090226233547.GA27105@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <87f94c370902251558n2f671e39i9ac95d0b749a0514@mail.gmail.com> <20090226091943.GU18319@calimero.vinschen.de> <87f94c370902261129u47d48d95g3213f85edf8b6283@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87f94c370902261129u47d48d95g3213f85edf8b6283@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 02:29:57PM -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote: >If the path is short, it uses the full long directory name as >expected. If the path exceeds 260, it reverts to using the 8.3 names, >thus giving a workaround that will allow you to descend deeper into a >directory structure. > >Interesting trick. Maybe you should consider something similar for cygwin. We really don't have to. With all of Corinna's work in version 1.7, Cygwin apps handle long pathnames fine. One of the reasons for 1.7 was to avoid clever hacks like this when we can. cgf -- 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/