Re: Error: file name for open() is too long

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Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> using exw.exe 3.1.1 on Windows XP, a program crashed with the error message:
>    file name for open() is too long 
> 

I think that all Windows, before Vista, had a hardcoded operating system limit
of 255 characters. I think Vista did away with this limit and Unix has a limit of
at least 5000 characters.

What, out of curiosity, is the path/file you are trying and why does it have to
be so long?


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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
Skype name: derek.j.parnell

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