Re: [boost] Making Boost.Filesystem work with GENERAL filenames with g++ in Windows (a solution)

Subject: Re: [boost] Making Boost.Filesystem work with GENERAL filenames with g++ in Windows (a solution)
From: Sergey Cheban (s.cheban_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-26 10:19:22

26.10.2011 14:59, Alf P. Steinbach пишет:

> However the MAX_PATH issue is not really an issue in practice.
>
> The *only* uses I have seen of paths longer than MAX_PATH, have been
> silly script-kiddies trying to create problems for people running FTP
> servers. And that's because the ordinary tools can't handle them, thus,
> difficult to remove the script-kiddie's nested folders. Conversely, as a
> serious software developer one should stay well away from such paths.

Please note that the following filename is very close to the limit:
bin.v2\libs\program_options\build\msvc-10.0\release\address-model-64\architecture-x86\link-static\runtime-link-static\threading-multi\libboost_program_options-vc100-mt-s-1_47.lib

I even had real problems with building Boost from the not-so-long 
subfolder of the my home folder.

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Sergey Cheban