if pathName == "." || pathName == ".." || pathName == slashSeparator {
		return errFileAccessDenied
	}

	// Check each path segment length is > 255 on all Unix
	// platforms, look for this value as NAME_MAX in
	// /usr/include/linux/limits.h
	var count int64
	for _, p := range pathName {
		switch p {
		case '/':
			count = 0 // Reset
		case '\\':