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b2.temp@gmx.com changed:

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--- Comment #1 from b2.temp@gmx.com ---
(In reply to Rainer Koschnick from comment #0)
> This is a rather weird issue that only pops up in a release build:
> 
> std.file.FileException@D:\Dlang\dmd2\windows\bin\..\..\src\phobos\std\file. d(733): 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567 89012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234.cbr: The system cannot find the file specified.
> 
> Filenames up to 128 bytes work fine, anything above it throws this exception.
> 
> Building in Visual Studio 2017, output is MS-COFF. The debug build works fine.

Try

void removeFileEx(string filename)
{
    import std.file : remove;
    return remove("\\?\" ~ filename);
}

Adding the prefix turns the filename into a fully qualified name and should have for effect to remove the MAX_PATH (260 chars) limitation.

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--- Comment #2 from Rainer Koschnick <arkay@gmx.net> ---
Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't change anything.

Error:
\\?\0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.cbz:
The system cannot find the file specified.

Neither does...

Error:
.\0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.cbz:
The system cannot find the file specified.

Nor using a complete path...

Error:
D:\_Development_\D\cbc\0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.cbz:
The system cannot find the file specified.

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--- Comment #3 from b2.temp@gmx.com ---
I meant fully qualified filename !

\\?\D:\_Development_\D\cbc\...

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--- Comment #4 from Rainer Koschnick <arkay@gmx.net> ---
I tried it with the path as you can see up there!

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Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> changed:

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