(36)File name too long

["mmccarthy@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <mmccarthy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am using RewriteRule and the proxy flag to proxy through Apache. When 
a long URL is passed through (longer than 255 characters), I get the 
error below (redacted). I understand that this is related to the maximum 
file name on the OS, in this case Ubuntu 14.04. My question is why is 
this happening when the URL is not related to a file on the file system? 
The URL is rewritten, then proxied to another server that works fine 
with long URLs.

[Mon Sep 15 11:42:04.211290 2014] [core:error] [pid 18302:tid 
140171735451392] (36)File name too long: [client xxx.xx.x.xxx:53717] 
AH00036: access to /<long file path>/_aliases failed (filesystem path 
'/<long file path>), referer: http://xx.xx.xx.xxx/index.html

Thanks,
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Michael

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