Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

Commit: 088e395c8ae06047784c41b08c54d526d00517c9
Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Date: 2023-07-03T14:07:38Z
Releases: 12.16
Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness

Creation of a file with a very long name can create problems on Windows
due to its file path limits. Work around that by creating the file via a
symlink with a shorter name.

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