Cgywin filename with 255 character

Tue Jul 11 13:35:00 GMT 2006

Hello,
I have problem to touch a file with 255 charaters long filename in Cygwin 
client (MKS client works fine). After remove 2 of them, it seems work fine. 
Could you explain why? Thanks a lot!
sh-3.1$ pwd
/cygdrive/c
sh-3.1$ touch c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12345678
9-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-1234567
89-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456
789-123456789-123456789-1234567.txt <== 255 charaters not include c:/
touch: cannot touch `c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-1234567.txt': File name too long
sh-3.1$ touch c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12345678
9-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-1234567
89-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456
789-123456789-123456789-123456.txt <== 254 charaters not include c:/
touch: cannot touch `c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12
3456789-123456789-123456789-123456.txt': File name too long
sh-3.1$ touch c:/file123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-12345678
9-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-1234567
89-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456
789-123456789-123456789-12345.txt <==253 charaters not include c:/
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