Long filename support, soon?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:09:42PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Brian Mathis wrote:
>>> I've been running into problems with rsync and "too long" filenames.
>>> I've done the searching and know that it's an issue with the cygwin
>>> library not using the unicode system calls.  Is there a timetable for
>>> when this will be changed?  I know it's a pain, but so is not being
>>> able to use a lot of the great tools cygwin provides because of this
>>> problem.  Anyway, just wanted to ask and also add my vote for support
>>> for this.  Thanks.
>>
>> It is one of the many enhancements in the forthcoming 1.7 series.  And
>> it seems it is also an excruciatingly large task.  There is no
>> timetable for 1.7 as a result.  But many hands make light work.  If you
>> and others you know have hands to lend, I know Corinna has a list of
>> tasks that can use them.
> 
> Actually, I don't want to speak for Corinna, but it seems like she is
> agonizingly close to getting this done.  I would predict that there
> would be something to test in the next week or so.

Well, if she is close, I want to thank her for here efforts.  And if she
is not close, I want to thank her for her efforts. :-)

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