if runtime.GOOS == globalWindowsOSName {
				count = 0
			}
		default:
			count++
			if count > 255 {
				return errFileNameTooLong
			}
		}
	} // Success.
	return nil
}

func getValidPath(path string) (string, error) {
	if path == "" {
		return path, errInvalidArgument
	}

	var err error
	// Disallow relative paths, figure out absolute paths.
	path, err = filepath.Abs(path)