Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

Commit: 16152705b31d12c339e3a9ee44ed43972a6ee96c
Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Date: 2023-07-03T14:09:12Z
Releases: 16.0
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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