On Sun, 11 May 2014 20:32:10 GMT, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
test.bat:
Note that that example isn't good without having the existing path, so here's a full batch file that another person has been able to reproduce as well:
@echo off
setlocal enableextensions
md C:\dev\projects\opengl-tutorials\ports\opengl-tutorial.org\tutorials\11_text
endlocal
cd C:\dev\projects\opengl-tutorials\ports\opengl-tutorial.org\tutorials\11_text
rem This works, path has 182 chars
echo. 2> ..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\dub\packages\derelict-assimp3-master\.dub\build\library-debug-windows-x86-dmd-7F811CB10FFAE5D52D1E21B73C0EC98D\aasdfasdfa.lib
rem This fails, path has 183 chars
echo. 2> ..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\dub\packages\derelict-assimp3-master\.dub\build\library-debug-windows-x86-dmd-7F811CB10FFAE5D52D1E21B73C0EC98D\aasdfasdfaX.lib
Anyway the first command is exactly 260 characters (MAX_PATH), the second command exceeds it. Is there any way for dub to work around this?
Vladimir Panteleev gave some insights:
[22:41] <CyberShadow> From D code you can use the \\?\ prefix (assuming you use the Unicode APIs) to bypass that limitation