> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 18:36 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Another long pathname question > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 02:29:57PM -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote: > >If the path is short, it uses the full long directory name > as expected. > >If the path exceeds 260, it reverts to using the 8.3 names, > thus giving > >a workaround that will allow you to descend deeper into a directory > >structure. > > > >Interesting trick. Maybe you should consider something > similar for cygwin.
I read this as: When launching a non aware application..., silly me. > > We really don't have to. With all of Corinna's work in > version 1.7, Cygwin apps handle long pathnames fine. One of > the reasons for 1.7 was to avoid clever hacks like this when we can. > BTW, it works beautifully. > cgf > > -- > 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/ > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. -- 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/
