Guest John A Grandy Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 I understand the maximum length for a filename in Windows is 256 ... true ? Is there any way around this ? Certainly people have need for apps that use longer filenames, no ? Any shells for Windows that somehow get around this problem ?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: max length filename "John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote in message news:exGIejxLJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I understand the maximum length for a filename in Windows is 256 ... true ? > > Is there any way around this ? Certainly people have need for apps that > use longer filenames, no ? > > Any shells for Windows that somehow get around this problem ? > AFAIR, the limit is 260 characters. Some utilities (e.g. robocopy) are not subject to it. I'm not aware of any shells that get around it.
Guest Bill Grant Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: max length filename "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:ukqZrA1LJHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote in message > news:exGIejxLJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>I understand the maximum length for a filename in Windows is 256 ... true >>? >> >> Is there any way around this ? Certainly people have need for apps that >> use longer filenames, no ? >> >> Any shells for Windows that somehow get around this problem ? >> > > AFAIR, the limit is 260 characters. Some utilities (e.g. robocopy) are not > subject to it. I'm not aware of any shells that get around it. > I thought it was 255 characters.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: max length filename "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message news:ez2F212LJHA.1500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > I thought it was 255 characters. You made me curious, so I ran a quick test. Here is the longest folder+file name I managed to create: D:\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc0\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc1\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc2\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc3\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc4\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc5\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc6\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc7\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc8\123456789012345678.txt It's 259 characters long.
Guest John A Grandy Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: max length filename So , like I said , the max length for a filename alone is 256 ... "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:O2zCCN3LJHA.5660@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message > news:ez2F212LJHA.1500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> I thought it was 255 characters. > > You made me curious, so I ran a quick test. Here is the longest > folder+file name I managed to create: > D:\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc0\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc1\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc2\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc3\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc4\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc5\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc6\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc7\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc8\123456789012345678.txt > It's 259 characters long. >
Guest Bill Grant Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 Re: max length filename Well no, it's 255. .txt is four characters. "John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote in message news:#LSaPx7LJHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > So , like I said , the max length for a filename alone is 256 ... > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message > news:O2zCCN3LJHA.5660@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message >> news:ez2F212LJHA.1500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> >>> I thought it was 255 characters. >> >> You made me curious, so I ran a quick test. Here is the longest >> folder+file name I managed to create: >> D:\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc0\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc1\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc2\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc3\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc4\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc5\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc6\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc7\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc8\123456789012345678.txt >> It's 259 characters long. >> > >
Guest John A Grandy Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Re: max length filename Heh ... I am interested in the max filename length including any suffix. I don't think it's reasonable to not include the suffix in the length -- there is no requirement that a filename include a suffix. My tests show that : filename max length = 256 filepath max length = 259 "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message news:emkbSUAMJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Well no, it's 255. .txt is four characters. > > "John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote in message > news:#LSaPx7LJHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> So , like I said , the max length for a filename alone is 256 ... >> >> >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message >> news:O2zCCN3LJHA.5660@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> >>> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message >>> news:ez2F212LJHA.1500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>> I thought it was 255 characters. >>> >>> You made me curious, so I ran a quick test. Here is the longest >>> folder+file name I managed to create: >>> D:\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc0\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc1\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc2\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc3\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc4\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc5\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc6\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc7\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc8\123456789012345678.txt >>> It's 259 characters long. >>> >> >>
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