Hi Michael, Thanks for the reply. The paths in use aren't as long as 32, 767 characters, but the 32,767 limit cannot be utilised. NTFS does indeed allow for a maximum limit of a path that is 32,767 characters in length, but the problem is caused by the applications that access the file system. Most Windows applications, including Explorer in Server 2008 R2 are written to an older API for backwards compatibility, and it is this that creates the 255 character limit problem.
I think that the maximum path that we have is probably in excess of 1000 chracters, which I agree is excessive, but I don't make the rules here! Regards, James -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Richter Sent: 11 April 2012 13:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Request for Assistance with OpenAFS Are you sure this is the problem? According to Wikipedia, NTFS has max 255 characters in filename and max 32k characters in pathname. HFS+ has max 255 characters in filename and unlimited path length. Do you really have such long paths (more than 32,767 characters!!!)? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michael Richter schrieb James Bricknell: > Hopefully this is a quick and stupid question. > > I have Mac clients on the network who have data in deep folder > structures with long filename paths, well in excess of the Windows > 256(255) character limit, and they need to copy their data across onto > a Windows 2008 R2 Server, which obviously fails when the length of the > filename goes over this limit. > > If I install Open AFS on this Windows server, will this allow the > clients to successfully copy the data to a share on an NTFS formatted > volume on the Windows box? Also, if version 1.7 is implemented as a > native Windows file system, would I need to format a disk or partition > on the Windows box as an AFS volume for the Mac users to be able to > copy their long filename structures without issue, and would this data > be able to be browsed locally on the Windows server following copying > it across? > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ -- Michael Richter Technische Universität Berlin Universitätsbibliothek, IT-Service Fasanenstraße 88 D-10623 Berlin Tel: 030/314-76310 _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
