Dear all, I have already posted this question a while ago, but I just noticed it has never been accepted by the mailing list. And I don't know how to make it accepted today. I do feel sorry for this double-posting.
I bumped into a problem under windows (Win7 or Win8 64 bits). I try to manage an image which directory name is "very long" (more than 260 chars) : cd C:\VeryLongDirectoryPath gdalinfo Image.tif I get the following message : "Error: Current working directory has a path longer than alloowed for a Win32 working directory. Can't start native Windows applications from here gdalinfo: File name too long" I have the same problem when using system calls from a Java application. I know there is a "legacy" limitation under Windows environnement, which limits total filename length to MAX_PATH (i.e. 260 chars). However, many applications are not subject to this limitation (e.g. 7z). I am looking for a solution when using GDAL utilities with system calls from a JAVA application Is there a way to deal with this limitation under windows ? Should we use the 8.3 naming convention ? And how ? Thanks for your help. Philippe P.S. : * Env. : Windows 7 or Windows 8 64-bit * GDAL V2.0.2 * Using *Cygwin Mintty* windows : directory names are not shortened to 8 characters -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Very-long-path-name-support-under-windows-tp5297074.html Sent from the GDAL - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev