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According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/30/2008 8:35 AM: | Hi, | | Thanks for replying.. | | Actually,I am facing an issue where I am able to create a folder of | absolute length >250 characters in windows but Cygwin requires that both the Windows absolute name and the POSIX pathname be less than PATH_MAX. If you haven't exceeded the Windows limits, it could be that you are only exceeding the limits from the POSIX path. In which case you can try mounting the directory with a shorter POSIX prefix. | | when I am using the cygwin built exe (libarchive 2.4.12 bsdtar.exe) | + | It is giving the message "File Name too long" for the same path.This exe | gives no path limit on Unix. That's because most Unix systems don't have such pathetically small limits. | | I am not able to answer why this situation is being encountered. I don't | understand the figures. + | | As 260 being PATH_MAX and255 being windows pathlength limit.. No, the Windows path length limit for files is 260, although I don't remember if that includes space for a trailing NUL. However, Windows also enforces that directories must be shorter that this, so that you could still create an 8.3 file name within that directory. Overall, it is just another annoyance thrust upon Windows users. | | I just hope you can help me out. | | Regards, | Harmeet | | | The information contained in this electronic message... Please refrain from sending mails with these disclaimers to publicly archived lists - they are unenforceable, and against list policy. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHoKRN84KuGfSFAYARAh46AJ0YExu2y68oIi2L2Q2dzyKI/5NABwCbBR5c 4KEtbTPl4kkoYZToRkM8N7s= =6XZK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/
