CWD and long paths

[Lev Bishop]

On 10/12/07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> In Cygwin we can do as we like, so we can handle CWDs with long path
> names without problems.  Unfortunately we have to call non-Cygwin
> applications once in a while and then it gets weird.
>
> So, here's the question: How should we handle the CWD in future?
>
> - We could stick to only supporting CWDs of MAX_PATH length so we don't
>   have a problem when calling native apps.
>
> - We could support long CWDs and change the CWD to the longest path
>   prefix <= MAX_PATH as soon as we call a native app.
>
> - Something else?

Something like:

subst t: prefix\of\long\path
t:
cd rest\of\long\path
win32_command
subst /d t:

This allows to get up to 2*MAX_PATH and can be iterated to get deeper.

Ugly, I know, but maybe better than the alternatives?

Lev