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+// +build windows
+
+/*
+ * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2016 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Test if various paths work as expected when converted to UNC form
+func TestUNCPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	var testCases = []struct {
+		objName string
+		pass    bool
+	}{
+		{"/abcdef", true},
+		{"/a/b/c/d/e/f/g", true},
+		{string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("界"), 85)), true},
+		// Each path component must be <= 255 bytes long.
+		{string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("界"), 100)), false},
+		{`\\p\q\r\s\t`, true},
+	}
+	// Instantiate posix object to manage a disk
+	var err error
+	err = os.Mkdir("c:\\testdisk", 0700)
+
+	// Cleanup on exit of test
+	defer os.RemoveAll("c:\\testdisk")
+
+	var fs StorageAPI
+	fs, err = newPosix("c:\\testdisk")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Create volume to use in conjunction with other StorageAPI's file API(s)
+	err = fs.MakeVol("voldir")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		err = fs.AppendFile("voldir", test.objName, []byte("hello"))
+		if err != nil && test.pass {
+			t.Error(err)
+		} else if err == nil && !test.pass {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		fs.DeleteFile("voldir", test.objName)
+	}
+}
+
+// Test to validate posix behaviour on windows when a non-final path component is a file.
+func TestUNCPathENOTDIR(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	// Instantiate posix object to manage a disk
+	err = os.Mkdir("c:\\testdisk", 0700)
+
+	// Cleanup on exit of test
+	defer os.RemoveAll("c:\\testdisk")
+	var fs StorageAPI
+	fs, err = newPosix("c:\\testdisk")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Create volume to use in conjunction with other StorageAPI's file API(s)
+	err = fs.MakeVol("voldir")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = fs.AppendFile("voldir", "/file", []byte("hello"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Try to create a file that includes a file in its path components.
+	// In *nix, this returns syscall.ENOTDIR while in windows we receive the following error.
+	err = fs.AppendFile("voldir", "/file/obj1", []byte("hello"))
+	winErr := "The system cannot find the path specified."
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), winErr) {
+		t.Errorf("expected to recieve %s, but received %s", winErr, err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+// Test to validate that path name in UNC form works
+func TestUNCPathDiskName(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	// Instantiate posix object to manage a disk
+	longPathDisk := `\\?\c:\testdisk`
+	err = mkdirAll(longPathDisk, 0700)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Cleanup on exit of test
+	defer removeAll(longPathDisk)
+	var fs StorageAPI
+	fs, err = newPosix(longPathDisk)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Create volume to use in conjunction with other StorageAPI's file API(s)
+	err = fs.MakeVol("voldir")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Test to validate 32k path works on windows platform
+func Test32kUNCPath(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	// Instantiate posix object to manage a disk
+	longDiskName := `\\?\c:`
+	for {
+		compt := strings.Repeat("a", 255)
+		if len(compt)+len(longDiskName)+1 > 32767 {
+			break
+		}
+		longDiskName = longDiskName + `\` + compt
+	}
+
+	if len(longDiskName) < 32767 {
+		// The following calculation was derived empirically. It is not exactly MAX_PATH - len(longDiskName)
+		// possibly due to expansion rules as mentioned here -
+		// https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#maxpath
+		remaining := 32767 - 25 - len(longDiskName)
+		longDiskName = longDiskName + `\` + strings.Repeat("a", remaining)
+	}
+	err = mkdirAll(longDiskName, 0700)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Cleanup on exit of test
+	defer removeAll(longDiskName)
+	_, err = newPosix(longDiskName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}