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Re: CWD and long paths
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Lev Bishop wrote:
> On 10/12/07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> > In Cygwin we can do as we like, so we can handle CWDs with long path
> > names without problems. Unfortunately we have to call non-Cygwin
> > applications once in a while and then it gets weird.
> >
> > So, here's the question: How should we handle the CWD in future?
> >
> > - We could stick to only supporting CWDs of MAX_PATH length so we don't
> > have a problem when calling native apps.
> >
> > - We could support long CWDs and change the CWD to the longest path
> > prefix <= MAX_PATH as soon as we call a native app.
> >
> > - Something else?
>
> Something like:
>
> subst t: prefix\of\long\path
> t:
> cd rest\of\long\path
> win32_command
> subst /d t:
>
> This allows to get up to 2*MAX_PATH and can be iterated to get deeper.
>
> Ugly, I know, but maybe better than the alternatives?
Wouldn't it be better to use reparse points if we have NTFS?
Igor
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