I'll match that against salesgeeks and technical writers. Problem is, there is a definite limit on file/path specifications with the Win32 API - after 254 characters, things get really wonky - as in, can't open files, can't delete them, security starts getting funky, etc.
The native Windows API has different limits - I've never hit them, but they're much larger than 254 characters, and that's what, for instance, robocopy uses, which is why I love it, among other reasons. Kurt On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kurt, have you ever had to deal with teachers and writers? They seem to > love very long folder and file names, at least mine do. > > Jon > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Two things that I've run across that cause this: > > > > 1) Corrupt file/directory > > > > 2) Incredibly long (way longer than the usual 254 characters limit) > > path specification for the file/directory > > > > In the first case, a 'chkdsk /f' is needed, and probably a restore of > > the file after that, because it might be deleted. > > > > In the second case, you'll have to shorten the file name and/or the > > directory name(s) that lead to it, so that it's closer to (and > > preferably shorter than) the 254 character limit. This condition is > > quite rare, in my experience, however - I consider case 1) much more > > likely. > > > > Kurt > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Juned Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Need help in resolving this issue on our Common/Public drive. A > directory is showing as NO permission even for Administrator. the NTFS > permission security tab is absolutely blank. > > > > > > Current owner of this shows "Unable to display current owner." > > > If I tried to take ownership - it displays access denied and nothing > happens. > > > > > > Help please.. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
