win,fs: use namespaced path in absolute symlinks

Use the namespaced (with the \\?\ prefix) paths for symlink targets when
the path is absolute. This allows creation of symlinks to files with
long filenames.

Fixes: #27795

PR-URL: #33351
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Gerhard Stöbich <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>

lib/internal/fs/utils.js

@@ -272,10 +272,14 @@ function preprocessSymlinkDestination(path, type, linkPath) {
     // A relative target is relative to the link's parent directory.
     path = pathModule.resolve(linkPath, '..', path);
     return pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path);
-  } else {
-    // Windows symlinks don't tolerate forward slashes.
-    return ('' + path).replace(/\//g, '\\');
   }
+
+  if (pathModule.isAbsolute(path)) {
+    // If the path is absolute, use the \\?\-prefix to enable long filenames
+    return pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path);
+  }
+  // Windows symlinks don't tolerate forward slashes.
+  return ('' + path).replace(/\//g, '\\');
 }
 
 // Constructor for file stats.

test/parallel/test-fs-symlink-longpath.js

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+tmpdir.refresh();
+const tmpDir = tmpdir.path;
+const longPath = path.join(...[tmpDir].concat(Array(30).fill('1234567890')));
+fs.mkdirSync(longPath, { recursive: true });
+
+// Test if we can have symlinks to files and folders with long filenames
+const targetDirtectory = path.join(longPath, 'target-directory');
+fs.mkdirSync(targetDirtectory);
+const pathDirectory = path.join(tmpDir, 'new-directory');
+fs.symlink(targetDirtectory, pathDirectory, 'dir', common.mustCall((err) => {
+  assert.ifError(err);
+  assert(fs.existsSync(pathDirectory));
+}));
+
+const targetFile = path.join(longPath, 'target-file');
+fs.writeFileSync(targetFile, 'data');
+const pathFile = path.join(tmpDir, 'new-file');
+fs.symlink(targetFile, pathFile, common.mustCall((err) => {
+  assert.ifError(err);
+  assert(fs.existsSync(pathFile));
+}));