From ab7debb34b98a65512c174f62526797d359e451e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark McDowall <mark@mcdowall.ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:40:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Improve paths longer than 256 on Windows failing to hardlink

(cherry picked from commit a97fbcc40a6247bf59678425cf460588fd4dbecd)
---
 src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
index ebdf026e1..f0661e245 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Windows.Disk
         {
             try
             {
+                if (source.Length > 256 && !source.StartsWith(@"\\?\"))
+                {
+                    source = @"\\?\" + source;
+                }
+
                 return CreateHardLink(destination, source, IntPtr.Zero);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)