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// **************************************************************************
// * This file is part of the FreeFileSync project. It is distributed under *
// * GNU General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html       *
// * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 ZenJu (zhnmju123 AT gmx.de)                    *
// **************************************************************************
//
#ifndef LONGPATHPREFIX_H_INCLUDED
#define LONGPATHPREFIX_H_INCLUDED

#ifndef FFS_WIN
use in windows build only!
#endif

#include "zstring.h"

namespace FreeFileSync
{
//handle filenames longer-equal 260 (== MAX_PATH) characters by applying \\?\-prefix (Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx#maxpath)
/*
1. path must be absolute
2. if path is smaller than MAX_PATH nothing is changed!
3. path may already contain \\?\-prefix
*/
Zstring applyLongPathPrefix(const Zstring& path); //throw()
Zstring applyLongPathPrefixCreateDir(const Zstring& path); //throw() -> special rule for ::CreateDirectoryEx(): MAX_PATH - 12(=^ 8.3 filename) is threshold

Zstring removeLongPathPrefix(const Zstring& path); //throw()
}

#endif // LONGPATHPREFIX_H_INCLUDED
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