On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 1:16 PM Fritjof Bornebusch <fritjof.bornebu...@prover.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to write files whose path exceed the maximum value of 260 characters. > Using Windows paths, you can add \\?\ as prefix, e.g., > \\?\C:\Users\foo\bar\<file://%3f/C:/Users/foo/bar/>.... > > However, it seems like this is not the case in Cygwin. When I use > \\?\/home/foo/bar<file://%3f/home/foo/bar>, I get no file pointer back. > > Does someone have a clue how I can bypass this? > > Best, > Fritjof >
Have you tried POSIX style ? /cygdrive/C/Users/foo/bar.. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
