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Re: Cgywin filename with 255 character


Xiaomin Wu wrote:
Hello,

I have problem to touch a file with 255 charaters long filename in Cygwin client (MKS client works fine). After remove 2 of them, it seems work fine. Could you explain why? Thanks a lot!

sh-3.1$ pwd
/cygdrive/c

sh-3.1$ touch c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12345678
9-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-1234567
89-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456
789-123456789-123456789-1234567.txt   <== 255 charaters not include c:/
touch: cannot touch `c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-1234567.txt': File name too long

sh-3.1$ touch c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12345678
9-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-1234567
89-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456
789-123456789-123456789-123456.txt     <== 254 charaters not include c:/
touch: cannot touch `c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456.txt': File name too long


sh-3.1$ touch c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12345678 9-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-1234567 89-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456 789-123456789-123456789-12345.txt <==253 charaters not include c:/


Windows places a limit on the number of ASCII characters in a file/path name. It's approximately 260 characters. Cygwin path conversion may cut that down
a bit.



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