Unable to read files with long paths on Windows using list-file

[RyanMcC]

Using the latest cloc 1.96 windows binary release, I'm still having trouble with long paths.

I'm using a list-file and have --no-recurse set, which is working in bypassing File::Find and the long-path problems associated with it. But I still get Unable to read errors for files with > 255 char paths.

It runs fine when I test it with the script instead though. I have Strawberry Perl v5.32.1, all the dependencies listed in the readme, and Win32::LongPath installed. Is the problem that Win32::LongPath isn't being shipped with the binary, so it's just falling back on the built-in file operators? If so, would it be possible to add it to the binary release?

[AlDanial]

I didn't do anything different in building the exe for 1.96. Possibly the Win32::LongPath module must be explictly called out on compiling? Since you have Strawberry Perl you can try building your own executable with the steps below. The last command includes a call-out to use `Win32::LongPath:

C:> cpan -i Digest::MD5
C:> cpan -i Regexp::Common
C:> cpan -i Algorithm::Diff
C:> cpan -i PAR::Packer
C:> pp -M Win32::LongPath -M Digest::MD5 -c -x -o cloc-1.96.exe cloc-1.96.pl

If that works for you, I'll repeat the build and upload an updated .exe.

[RyanMcC]

Ah, yeah that's the problem. Like with Digest::MD5 it's imported with eval "use Win32::LongPath;", which is probably why PAR::Packer doesn't pick up on it.

I tried the build command you gave, but then I was getting this error when I tried running it: Can't call method "encode" on an undefined value at .../lib/Win32/LongPath.pm line 1192. That was happening because LongPath uses Encode::find_encoding ('utf16-le'), which requires Encode::Unicode. I added that too, and now it's working correctly.

So the build command that worked for me is pp -M Win32::LongPath -M Encode::Unicode -M Digest::MD5 -c -x -o cloc-1.96.exe cloc-1.96.pl

[AlDanial]

Thanks for figuring this out for me! I'm squeezed for time this week but will update the exe (and README instructions) before the week is out.

[AlDanial]

Added the updated exe to a new release 1.96.1 and updated the exe build notes in the README.