From ed7bd6c66dff8f4f2f093b32e696aa5d9e45b87b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark McDowall <mark@mcdowall.ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:40:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed: 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 1e8c310e1..9425acb12 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Windows.Disk
         {
             try
             {
+                if (source.Length > 256 && !source.StartsWith(@"\\?\"))
+                {
+                    source = @"\\?\" + source;
+                }
+
                 return CreateHardLink(destination, source, IntPtr.Zero);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)