That was what I remembered Rene. I must have been tired on Friday when I sent that, as I had a window open with the output of dir /? in it and didn't see that option.
However, I think I'll use Kurt's script - that I didn't even have to remind him to send this AM. Thanks Kurt. Kevin On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:16 AM, René de Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to have dir display directories only: > > dir /a:d > > or to do subdirs as well > > dir /a:d /s > > Hth > Rene > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Kevin Lundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, May 02, 2008 8:47 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* file name length > > We are having a problem with one of our archive tools (Disk Extender). > Better said, Disk Extender has identified a problem where some directory and > file paths are >256 characters. I thought that was a hard limit in Windows > so not sure how they got created. > > Does anyone know of a tool, or way to script, that will give us a report > of at least directories that exceed some limit? We have about 4 TB of > unstructured files, so we don't want to see every file that exceeds the > length, but a list of every directory path over say 240 characters would be > a good start. > > I thought the good old dir command used to have a switch to only display > directories and not files but don't see it anymore. I was just going to > pipe dir commands to files and then import and sort. > > Kevin > > ------------------------------ > *** > The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the > individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this > e-mail in error please notify the sender by return e-mail delete this e-mail > and refrain from any disclosure or action based on the information. > *** > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
