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On 2026-02-04 14:17, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote:
> Why does Cygwin always use absolute paths instead of
> OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES.RootDirectory in NtOpenFile(),
> NtSetInformationFile() for rename and hardlinks
> 
> This slows down Cygwin path lookups a lot, and with lots of path
> elements each lookup with a relative RootDirectory might be a lot
> faster, e.g. for openat(), linkat(), renameat().

Because volunteers' spare time is limited, and performance is good enough for 
those who might do the work:

	https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC

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