Hello,
under UNIX, or Linux it is a one-liner like the following:
>>find . -type f | perl -e 'my $s; my $l; while (<>){ chomp(); $s = $_; $l =
>>length($s); print "$s length: $l\n" if $l > 63; }'
note the single quote after "perl -e"
regards
Stefan Kell
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Urs Rau wrote:
> The documentation @ http://unattended.sourceforge.net/os.html
>
> says:
>
> NOTE: The total absolute length of any file name, including the leading
> \os\...\$oem$ portion, must not exceed 64 characters or winnt.exe will
> get an error when it tries to copy the file.
>
> I know from bitter experience that this is true. ;-) But why does the
> error only "bite" when using the linux boot disk and _not_ when using
> the dos boot disks? (I am relatively sure that the error did not come up
> under DOS but under the linux boot disks it now does tell me about files
> that can't be copied.)
>
> Could some kind perl hacker write a small auxiliary tool, similar to
> "check" and "prepare", that would do the donkey work and point out files
> and/or dirs that are over the absolute length limits. This way one
> wouldn't have to resort to counting directory and filenames manually to
> find the culprits.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Urs Rau
>
>
>
>
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