That's just wrong, or sad, or something. The native API (which is what robocopy uses) supports something like 1024, IIRC.
I was hoping for better, but a 4 character jump is ludicrous. Kurt On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 13:06, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows Vista / Windows 7 /Windows Server 2008: > Path limit is 248 characters. > Path+Filename limit is 260 characters > > Windows xp /2003: > Path+Filename limit is 255 characters > > Windows 2000: > Path+Filename limit is 254 Characters > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Idle question? > > Does anyone have experience with Win7 and really long file/path > specifications- that is, beyond 254 characters? > > The Win32 API doesn't support longer than that, and I was wondering if it > was fixed with Win7. > > If the problem is fixed for Win7, will I have to move my file server to > Win2k8 to take advantage of the increased length? > > Kurt > > ~ 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
