X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:35:48 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Another long pathname question Message-ID: <20090226233547.GA27105@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <87f94c370902251558n2f671e39i9ac95d0b749a0514 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20090226091943 DOT GU18319 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <87f94c370902261129u47d48d95g3213f85edf8b6283 AT mail DOT gmail DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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/