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Long filenames can present compatibility or interoperability problems for operating systems and software with character length restrictions.

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Long filenames can present compatibility or interoperability problems for operating systems and software with character length restrictions.

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How to add a string to a string[] array? There's no .Add function

private string[] ColeccionDeCortes(string Path) { DirectoryInfo X = new DirectoryInfo(Path); FileInfo[] listaDeArchivos = X.GetFiles(); string[] Coleccion; foreach (FileInfo FI in listaDeArchivos) { //Add the FI.Name to…
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Does MAX_PATH issue still exists in Windows 10

Can someone please tell us/me if the MAX_PATH issue still exists in (the technical preview of) Windows 10. And if it exists: How many characters can a path and an individual file name have?
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Convert long filename to short filename (8.3) using cmd.exe

I am trying to convert a long filename to a short filename (8.3) on Windows. A batch-file with a command line argument works as intended: short.bat: @echo OFF echo %~s1 calling short.bat C:\Documents and Settings\User\NTUSER.DAT returns…
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How do I create then use long Windows paths from Perl?

I have part of a build process that creates a hideously long paths in Windows. It's not my fault. It's several directories deep, and none of the directory names are abnormally long; they're just long and numerous enough to make it over MAX_PATH (260…
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How can I convert a Windows short name path into long names within a batch script

I am writing a Windows batch script, and I have an argument or variable containing a path that uses short 8.3 names. The path might represent a file or folder. How can I convert the 8.3 path into a long-name path? At a minimum I would like to be…
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How to enable "Long Path Aware" behavior via manifest in a C++ executable?

I'm trying to follow Microsoft documentation to lift MAX_PATH file path restriction in APIs under Windows 10. It says: You can also enable the new long path behavior per app via the manifest:
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How to handle OSError: [Errno 36] File name too long

When handling the errors that occur when trying to create an existing file or trying to use a file that doesn't exist the OSErrors that get thrown have a subclass (FileExistsError, FileNotFoundError). I couldn't find that subclass for the special…
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C++ WinAPI: handling long file paths/names

I'm looking at handling longer file paths in my windows application. Currently, I have a text box (edit box) in which a user can type an absolute file path. I then read that typed file path, using GetWindowText, into a string declared like so: TCHAR…
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Long path/filename in windows makes write.table() error out in R

In R, I was using write.table() to write a file into a location embedded in directories with long names. But it errors out as below: Error in file(file, ifelse(append, "a", "w")) : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning message: …
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Is there a workaround for the filename length limit in encfs?

I use Dropbox with encfs. The problem is that my host supports only 256 characters in a filename, hence encfs supports only ~190. Is there a way to circumvent that without reinstall and increase limit for the host filesystem? I am primarily using…
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How to get long filename from ARGV

I want to make a tool that takes some filenames as parameters, but when I use this code: ARGV.each do|a| puts "Argument: #{a}" end and I use drag and drop or "send to" in Windows, I get the short filename. So a file like "C:\Ruby193\bin\test\New…
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How do I unmangle Windows filenames in Java?

From Java, I'm extracting an executable into a location specified using File.createTempFile(). When I try to run my executable, my program hangs when it tries to read the first line of output. I have discovered that if I try to run the same…
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Visual Studio 2022 Not Generating "GeneratedMSBuildEditorConfig.config"

I was trying to debug the AWS SystemsManager source code yesterday to try and track down the long delay it causes in cold booting my ASP.NET Core 6 apps. I didn't get anywhere, but during that time it was throwing errors about generated editor…
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Why can't .NET detect directories with long file paths?

I can't enumerate the contained files in a directory if the full path to those files exceeds 260 chars. The following code shows the problem: void TestLongPath(DirectoryInfo testDirectory) { if (testDirectory.Exists) { try { …
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Git 'filename too long' error on OS X

I have a directory that is tracked by git on linux and I copied it to mac OS. On git status multiple files are untracked because of a filename: File name too long error. One filename (with its relative path) is 393 characters. Isn't there a limit…
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