it's the Windows API that usually has a 260 char limit, unless you specially code your app to use long paths (there is a weird UNC trick) It's not a limit of NTFS or the network backend, but of most of the APIs. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Ales Dlabac <[email protected]> wrote: > Actualy Windows is not restriction for us because our storage is on Linux > machine. I've simplified example to windows c: drive. I don't realy > understand why XSI limits this if windows can create longer names. Huh. I > also noticed if you enable skip rendered frames XSI thinks image exists > even if isn't. > > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Adam Seeley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Interesting, I thought it still was... I still get Windows throwing the >> error up when copying deep folder structures or Unzipping files sometimes. >> >> Have to have a closer read of your link... >> >> Adam >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Sajjad Amjad <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, 30 November 2012, 12:46 >> *Subject:* Re: filename length limit >> >> It's not really a Windows limitation anymore. My guess is that Softimage >> isn't converting paths to UNC (internally or accepting the forced UNC path >> format i.e. "\\?\d:\32k path"), details: >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx#maxpath >> >> >> >> >> On 30 November 2012 12:20, Alok Gandhi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> It should work only thing is it will not show in the PPGs. But I am not >> sure. >> >> On Friday, November 30, 2012, Ales Dlabac wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> I would like to know if somebody found solution how to use filename >> longer than 260 chars. Filename here is path + filename + frame + extension. >> >> You can test it yourself if you run this command in VBscript >> >> SetValue "Passes.Default_Pass.Main.Filename", >> "c:\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbccccccccccddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeffffffffffgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiijjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkllllllllllmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooppppppppppqqqqqqqqqqrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssttttttttttuuuuuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvvwwwwwwwwwwxxxxxxxxxxyyyyyyyyyy" >> >> If you delete one or more chars it starts to work. >> >> Unfortunately we sometimes run over this length due to folder structure >> and I can not think other solution than shortening folder names what is >> awkward for me. >> >> Thank you >> >> Ales >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >
