Where is my too-long path?

[Guest]

I'm still having trouble with this -I know a long path length is a problem, but where is it - how do I find it
Many thank
Seb


Subject: Re: Pathlength 1/5/2004 5:07 PM PST

By: (e-mail address removed) (search by author) In: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

What I want to find out is which paths are too long? I
have multiple folders in multiple folders with 100s of
files - and somewhere there are problems. Can I scan for
the problem places so I can rename

 

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

Wow Sebb, no one has answered you on this yet ??

You could use a recursive script, tracking the length.
I would use the "find" command from the SFU (Services for Unix tools).

On your comment on NT maximum path length check out this from a KB
<quote>
Many Windows programs expect the maximum path length to be shorter
than 255 characters; therefore, these programs only allocate enough internal
storage to accommodate these typical paths. NTFS does not have this limit
and it is capable of accommodating much longer paths.
</quote>

Have you simply tried using
dir /s /w
(/w optional) at the root of the suspect structure and see it if errors out
when dir length reaches max size ? If that works, then your issue is
somewhere about there since path is dir+filename
Whether this helps you will need to experiment, but just now trying
I find it ends prematurely when dir part of path is too long on a small
test structure just built.

Roger

I'm still having trouble with this -I know a long path length is a

problem, but where is it - how do I find it?