joyent/node — Issue #2343: windows 8.3 filename issues with fs.watch
Author: xxoo
Created: 2011-12-16 18:08:08+00:00
State: open

the 'change' event sometimes fires with a 8.3 short filename on windows.
it is probably because of i did use a 'rd /s' command to delete a dir tree. so i don't think it is a real bug.
but the real problem is, if the file or dir is already been deleted or renamed, we will not be able to get the full name from the short name in anyway.