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Re: CWD and long paths


According to Corinna Vinschen on 10/13/2007 9:12 AM:
> 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.

I would like 1 (if possible), otherwise 3.

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