Incorrect output from cygpath --path --unix for long path

[Kevin Braun]

Hi,

If I run this command:

cygpath --path --unix 
"/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xmlgraphics-commons-1.4.jar;/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xml-apis-ext-1.3.04.jar;/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xml-apis-1.3.04.jar;/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xercesImpl-2.7.1.jar;/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar;/cygdrive/c/tellmeiamtoolongah"

I get the following output (current working directory is /cygdrive/e; 
pay particular attention to the first 13 characters):

/cygdrive/e/ygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xmlgraphics-commons-1.4.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xml-apis-ext-1.3.04.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xml-apis-1.3.04.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xercesImpl-2.7.1.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar:/cygdrive/c/tellmeiamtoolongah

Interestingly, running the same from /cygdrive/c gives the following 
(the second e has become a c):
/cygdrive/c/ygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xmlgraphics-commons-1.4.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xml-apis-ext-1.3.04.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xml-apis-1.3.04.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xercesImpl-2.7.1.jar:/cygdrive/c/fop-1.0/lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar:/cygdrive/c/tellmeiamtoolongah

Drop one character off the end of the input (remove the final h) and the 
output is what is expected.

I saw a very old report (2002) of something somewhat similar, but the 
corruption was at the end of the output.  I also saw a complaint about 
getting an error message "File or path name too long", but I am not 
getting any error message.  As far as I can tell, this is not a known 
issue nor expected behavior.

Regards,
Kevin
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