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Subject: Path length for files on NTFS
From: karsten@typo3.org (Karsten Dambekalns)

Hi everyone.

I posted this on php.windows a two days ago without a response. Maybe 
someone here can help me.


Recently someone using our software told us about problems with 
generated filenames being too long. I did some research on the net and 
some quick tests on Vista Business, and it seems there is indeed still a 
problem.

While NTFS supports path lengths of up to 32k characters, "most 
software" still supports only 255 (or 260 on Vista) character filenames. 
Since that includes the full path, we run into this problem with file 
based caching filenames.

Since there are ways to use long(er) filenames, does anyone know if this 
planned for PHP? Should it work? Is this a problem others also see?

Kind regards,
Karsten

PS: Those questions may sound stupid, but coming from a Linux/Mac 
background this is simply a completely new problem to me. :)