On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 09/13/2011 06:47 AM, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >> >> PATH_MAX is this value for win32 name not for kernel name like \\?\c\. >> It is 32k in this case. > > When using kernel APIs (like cygwin does), then yes, the limit is 32k. But > when using Windows APIs (like mingw and MSVC do), then you are better off > using 260, which is the limit of windows APIs for all programs that do not > bypass windows APIs in favor of kernel APIs. I see nothing to change here; > gnulib is correct in using 260.
Not sure according to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#nt_namespaces You could use this syntax with win32 api. I used it for opening long path and it used byapache on windows. However it will need some surgery in order to be used (convert utf8 to ucs2) > > -- > Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org >
