--- a/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/ProcessImpl_md.c	Wed Feb 11 07:40:43 2015 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/ProcessImpl_md.c	Tue Feb 10 10:44:38 2015 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "jvm.h"
 #include "jni_util.h"
 #include "io_util.h"
+#include "io_util_md.h"
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <io.h>
 
@@ -467,26 +468,6 @@
     return (jboolean) CloseHandle((HANDLE) handle);
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns a copy of the Unicode characters of a string. Fow now this
- * function doesn't handle long path names and other issues.
- */
-static WCHAR* getPath(JNIEnv *env, jstring ps) {
-    WCHAR *pathbuf = NULL;
-    const jchar *chars = (*(env))->GetStringChars(env, ps, NULL);
-    if (chars != NULL) {
-        size_t pathlen = wcslen(chars);
-        pathbuf = (WCHAR*)malloc((pathlen + 6) * sizeof(WCHAR));
-        if (pathbuf == NULL) {
-            JNU_ThrowOutOfMemoryError(env, NULL);
-        } else {
-            wcscpy(pathbuf, chars);
-        }
-        (*env)->ReleaseStringChars(env, ps, chars);
-    }
-    return pathbuf;
-}
-
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
 Java_java_lang_ProcessImpl_openForAtomicAppend(JNIEnv *env, jclass ignored, jstring path)
 {
@@ -495,7 +476,7 @@
     const DWORD disposition = OPEN_ALWAYS;
     const DWORD flagsAndAttributes = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL;
     HANDLE h;
-    WCHAR *pathbuf = getPath(env, path);
+    WCHAR *pathbuf = pathToNTPath(env, path, JNI_FALSE);
     if (pathbuf == NULL) {
         /* Exception already pending */
         return -1;

--- a/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/io_util_md.h	Wed Feb 11 07:40:43 2015 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/io_util_md.h	Tue Feb 10 10:44:38 2015 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 
 /*
  * Prototypes for functions in io_util_md.c called from io_util.c,
- * FileDescriptor.c, FileInputStream.c, FileOutputStream.c
+ * FileDescriptor.c, FileInputStream.c, FileOutputStream.c,
+ * ProcessImpl_md.c
  */
 WCHAR* pathToNTPath(JNIEnv *env, jstring path, jboolean throwFNFE);
 WCHAR* fileToNTPath(JNIEnv *env, jobject file, jfieldID id);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/RedirectWithLongFilename.java	Tue Feb 10 10:44:38 2015 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 SAP SE.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8072611
+ * @summary ProcessBuilder Redirect to file appending on Windows should work with long file names
+ * @author Thomas Stuefe
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.ProcessBuilder.Redirect;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class RedirectWithLongFilename {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+        // windows only
+        if (!Basic.Windows.is()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Redirect ProcessBuilder output to a file whose pathlen is > 255.
+        Path tmpDir = Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
+        File dir2 = null;
+        File longFileName = null;
+
+        try {
+            dir2 = Files.createTempDirectory(tmpDir, "RedirectWithLongFilename").toFile();
+            dir2.mkdirs();
+            longFileName = new File(dir2,
+                "012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789" +
+                "012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789" +
+                "012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789" +
+                "012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789" +
+                "0123456789");
+
+            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("hostname.exe");
+            pb.redirectOutput(Redirect.appendTo(longFileName));
+            Process p = pb.start();
+            p.waitFor();
+
+            if (longFileName.exists()) {
+                System.out.println("OK");
+            } else {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Test failed.");
+            }
+
+        } finally {
+            longFileName.delete();
+            dir2.delete();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}