Windows long path experimenting report

[Paul Moore]

On 20/06/2008, Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com> wrote:
> On 20.06.2008 12:20, Paul Moore wrote:
> > I think the key point here is that long file names are only
> > *partially* supported by the Windows API,
>
> With all due respect, but, as I understand it, the Windows API is
> definitely not the problem here. After all, it supports path names
> up to approx. 32K length.

I think I saw somewhere that not all APIs handle the //?/ style. I
haven't confirmed that, though, so I won't say more than that.
Regardless, the point is that support will never be complete (whether
that's the fault of the APIs or the applications isn't important).

Paul.