Problem accessing files with long path (on Linux)

[Alberto_M]

Hi,

I have a problem with files having a long path (more than 256 characters).

The maximum length of the path depends on the operative system, on Windows the value of the global constant MAX_PATH is 260 and everything is fine. Now, the problem is that Linux systems should not have limitations on path length, indeed I found that on Linux the MAX_PATH is set to 4096, but yet I can't access files with a path length higher than 256.

For instance, I can use AssignFile() but then when I go trough Reset() a file not found exception is raised. I actually tried also to use FileExists, and it returns false, so it seems that the file is not recognized.

Am I missing something? How can I overcome this issue? Thanks in advance for your help

Alberto

[Bart]

AFAIK this is fixed in fpc trunk.
Issue #24885

Bart

[Alberto_M]

Thanks! I will check it right now.

[andrewop]

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