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Diffstat (limited to 'zen/long_path_prefix.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | zen/long_path_prefix.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zen/long_path_prefix.h b/zen/long_path_prefix.h index db1fbdca..cdff09fa 100644 --- a/zen/long_path_prefix.h +++ b/zen/long_path_prefix.h @@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ Zstring applyLongPathPrefixImpl(const Zstring& path) assert(!path.empty()); //nicely check almost all WinAPI accesses! assert(!zen::isWhiteSpace(path[0])); + //http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#naming_conventions)) + /* + - special names like ".NUL" create all kinds of trouble (e.g. CreateDirectory() reports success, but does nothing) + unless prefix is supplied => accept as limitation + */ if (path.length() >= maxPath || //maximum allowed path length without prefix is (MAX_PATH - 1) endsWith(path, L' ') || //by default all Win32 APIs trim trailing spaces and period, unless long path prefix is supplied! endsWith(path, L'.')) //note: adding long path prefix might screw up relative paths "." and ".."! |