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Re: CWD and long paths
On Oct 12 07:49, Jose A Fernandez wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
>
> Transforming "CWDs > MAX_PATH" to "longest path prefix <= MAX_PATH"
> seems unpredictable. If you mean discarding subdirectory terms from
> right to left until the overall CWD becomes <= MAX_PATH, an app could
> easily launch in the wrong CWD...
Well, yes, in fact I implicitly assumed that this is understood by
the reader. That's one reason I'm asking this question.
Corinna
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