[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29672: Direct put_contents fails during plugin installation because filename exceeds MAX_PATH on Windows.

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#29672: Direct put_contents fails during plugin installation because filename
exceeds MAX_PATH on Windows.
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 Reporter:  willwire      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jorbin):

 Thanks for the report willwire.  Sorry it took so long for someone to
 respond.

 I don't have a windows box, so I have no way of testing this or working on
 it.

 As a workaround, it looks like acording to https://support.microsoft.com
 /en-us/kb/177665 you can setup access to these files and folders through a
 local redirection ("net use" or "subst") of the same share/folder that the
 network clients access across the network.

 I don't know if this is something we are going to be able to fix in
 WordPress though. It seems to be an underlying issue with how windows
 internally stores folder names.

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