fix(filesystem): deal with win32 long paths when recursively removing folders - #9634
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… folders `std::filesystem::remove` etc. seem to behave the same way as the pure win32-APIs: sometimes long paths work, sometimes they won't. In this case it seems to be able to deal with long UNC-style paths just fine ... Resolves #9293 Signed-off-by: Jyrki Gadinger <[email protected]>
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std::filesystem::removeetc. seem to behave the same way as the pure win32-APIs: sometimes long paths work, sometimes they won't. In this case it seems to be able to deal with long UNC-style paths just fine ...Resolves #9425 (also mentioned in #9293 (comment))