[fpc-pascal] Deleting 'Nonexistent' files under windows

[Rolf Grunsky]

Is it possible to access files that have path lengths too long to access 
from explorer through Windows API from Pascal?

I keep ending up with these very long file names which then I can not 
access. It seems that Windows will create the files, usually by copying 
the files from another source but the resulting path is too long to 
access the file or to delete it. Using the "\\?\" trick doesn't always 
work. I really don't want to spend $40 on a program just to delete some 
files. If I get really desperate I can always pull the drive from the 
Windows machine and connect it to the Linux machine but that's starting 
to look like work. A simple command line program would be much easier.

Rolf
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