255-char per pathname element (i.e., between the slashes); the buffer is basically 64 KB, but the number of characters "depends" (ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16, etc.).
This has always been the NTFS limit, but it wasn't exposed to the "shell". Now, based on a GPO, it is. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pittigher, Raymond Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 8:13 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Holy Frijoles, Batman What is the new limit? I know that path length in Linux has been 4096 for quite a while with a 255 byte length for file names. Do they match that now? ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 6:06 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Holy Frijoles, Batman Wow! I can't wait to try C:\ supercalifragilisticexpialidocious\ pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis\ pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism\ floccinaucinihilipilification\ antidisestablishmentarianism\ incomprehensibilities\ uncopyrightable\ subdermatoglyphic\ sesquipedalianism\ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 4:39 PM To: ntsysadm; Patch Management Mailing List Subject: [NTSysADM] Holy Frijoles, Batman I've wanted this for 20 years, and now I'm making little girl squee noises in my brain - I just hope Powershell will be able to use it... http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-removes-260-characters-path-length-limit-in-windows-10-redstone-504596.shtml Kurt
