I Love how windows lets you make the files and folders have too long a path name but then refuses to let you move them out again, cos the paths too big.
some should have fixed that a long time ago Also how some things balk at the 256 character limit and others are quite happy to continue past. It seems like its a limit but not really. On 13 February 2013 02:01, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 on this! I had a user that really LOVED to use descriptive folder > names and file names as well as very deep trees. She would about once a > year need to have her system in the shop while I would rearrange files and > folders so that she could get to the deepest of the folders. > > Jon > > ------------------------------ > Subject: Re: file limitation error > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:28:07 +0000 > > How long is the deepest path? > > I've seen file copying stuff screw up with monstrously long path names > > Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email > RELIABLY > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Chinnery, Paul" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:22:29 -0500 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *file limitation error > > I'm not sure if this is the proper forum for this question, but here > goes: > > We are storing scanned documents in one folder. A file conversion program > being run by one of our vendors is taking scanned documents from a Win2K > server and putting them into a Win 2008r2 server. The conversion is just > to place them in a folder tree that is accessibly by our hospital EMR > system. > After placing >1.5 million files in a considerable number of directories, > and, the program is now generating an error: Error Making Directory > -Requested operation could not be comleted due to a file system limitation." > There is no compression of the folder or files (which is one thing that > could cause that error). > Is this a call to PSS type of problem? > Paul Chinnery > Network Admin > Memorial Medical Center > 231.845.2319 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Good news everyone, you have just received an e-mail from me! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
