gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Path problems....
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Path problems....
From:
Tamas Rudnai ####@####.####
Date:
3 Jul 2009 08:16:41 -0000
Message-Id: <492f1420907030116i667fcfa8r77ea6554b5e80423@mail.gmail.com>
On a Windows machine you can substitute a path to a drive letter so the end
you will have a shorter path:
C:\> SUBST X: "C:\Documents and Settings\myUserName\My
Documents\Projects\PIC\myCurrentProject"
...now you can access to your directory with X: drive ....
Tamas
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Peter Restall ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:11:02 +0100, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
>
> > That would brake the .COD fileformat so you would be incompatible with
> > everything.
> > BTW: Windows has no problem with long paths up till 4096 chars if I
> remember
> > well.
> >
> > Tamas
>
> There is also what they call a 'junction' in Windows; it's basically their
> version of a symlink. If the OP is using a Windows machine then he may
> wish
> to continue with his code in the original directory and possibly create a
> junction to it with a shorter name, and do the compilations, etc. from
> there
> as was suggested in relation to Linux a few messages ago.
>
> The downside is that you need a program from MS to create junctions (it's
> part
> of the Win32 API but a program to utilise it is not included by default
> IIRC),
> and I forget what it's called; it's part of the server tools package I
> think.
> Just do a google and it'll pop up.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete Restall
>
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