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Re: CWD and long paths
On Oct 13 13:03, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> So, for now we have four options(*)what to do in exec(3) when trying to
> start a native child process from a long CWD (> MAX_PATH):
>
> 1. Return ENAMETOOLONG and don't start the native child.
>
> 2. CWD for the native child is set to $SYSTEMROOT.
>
> 3. CWD is set to the root of the current drive (either X:\ or
> \\server\share).
>
> 4. CWD is set to the longest leading path component of CWD which still
> fits into MAX_PATH.
I forgot the fifth option, suggested by Pierre:
5. Start the native app in the last CWD we were in which was < MAX_PATH.
> As an additional possible feature, regardless of which of the above
> options we choose:
>
> - Print a longish message along the lines of what's printed by CMD.
>
> Now we just have to make a decision. Opinions? Personally I tend
> to opt for 1 or 3.
Corinna
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