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On Dec 18 19:03, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:07:07 +0100 > > > Are you sure that 32K capability cannot be had with ANSI file names > > > using the \\?\ notation? > > > > Yes. The \\?\ notation only works in the UNICODE API[*]. The reason > > is that the ANSI API is just a thin layer over the actual UNICODE > > functionality, and the conversion from ANSI to UNICODE is done using a > > per-thread fixed-size buffer of 520 bytes. > > Does this mean that using \\?\ with ANSI-encoded file names buys us > 520-byte file names? 260 char ANSI -> 520 bytes UTF-16 Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Maintainer Red Hat
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