While, as others suggest, 'subst' might help, your real help here is two-fold:
1) robocopy - get it from the MSFT resource kits. I can handle file/path specifications greater than 254 characters, as it uses a different API than win32 2) shorten the path. Kurt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I'm trying to copy files from an NT server to a Windows 2003 server. I am > running into the problem of file/path name limitations. I am trying to do > this from Windows Explorer, and I keep getting the file name is too long > error. Is there another utility I can use to accomplish the copy? > > Thanks, > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
