Circumvent 260 MAX_PATH charlength in Windows API in golang

fixwinpath.go

// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#maxpath
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1880321/why-does-the-260-character-path-length-limit-exist-in-windows
// converts a relative path like "abc\" or a filename like "savehere.zip"
// to full escaped path \\?\c:\currentdir\abc\
// note that all slashes have to be backslashes
func FuckWin(path string) string {
    pwd, err := os.Getwd()
    if err != nil { panic(err) }

    result := pwd + "\\" + path
    if len(result) > 259 {
        result = "\\\\?\\" + result
    }
    return result
}