Wonderful in explanations as always. On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, it's a little more complicated than that. > > NTFS supports very large filenames. I believe the actual limit is on the > order of 64K characters. If there is real interest I can look it up. > > However, there are three different layers that can be used to access NTFS: > Win32, Native Windows API, and POSIX. > > Each one has different rules about case-sensitivity, allowed characters, > folder name length, filename length, etc. etc. etc. > > This actually allows different file systems to be layered on top of NTFS. > This is used by a number of SAN and NAS operating systems to "hide" their > information within NTFS. > > Win32 is close to DOS (if you know why it was created, you'd understand > why). It has a limit, in most places, of 256 characters. The native API > has > a limit of 1,024 characters. The POSIX layer doesn't have a limit. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > MCSE/Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: NTFS take ownership question > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Problem is, there is a definite limit on file/path specifications with > > the Win32 API - after 254 characters, things get really wonky ... > > Yah, I'll second that. I realized after my last post in this thread > that the limit is well below the 1024 characters that NTFS is supposed > to support. 1024 characters would be 12 lines of text in an 80-column > window. The paths we have issues with are much shorter. 254 > characters (3 lines) might be it. > > You'd think Microsoft would use the same length limits throughout > the various Windows components and subsystems, but they apparently > don't. > > -- Ben > > ~ 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> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
