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Re: Solution or workaround for "file name too long" problem ?
- From: Václav Haisman <v dot haisman at sh dot cvut dot cz>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:45:15 +0100
- Subject: Re: Solution or workaround for "file name too long" problem ?
- References: <492A7120.7080801@web.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Klaus Tiedemann wrote:
> Hello cygwin,
>
> is there any progress on the "file name too long" problem ?
> I think a lot of people would like to use rsync under cygwin for backup
> or replication, but as long as cygwin can't handle long path names this
> is not a serious option ...
>
> Is there at least a workaround you can recommend ?
Shorter paths.
>
> Best regards
> Klaus
Try 1.7 snapshot if it fixes your problem.
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