Specifying Filenames Under the POSIX Subsystem

 Last reviewed: December 17, 1996
Article ID: Q99361
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.00

When specifying filenames under POSIX, use the format 

   //C/subdir/executable.exe
to specify C:\SUBDIR\EXECUTABLE.EXE. If you fail to use this format, you will receive ENAMETOOLONG as the errno.

NOTE: The filenames are case-sensitive.

Additional reference words: 3.51 4.00
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: Subsys

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Last reviewed: December 17, 1996
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