Hi,
It's an old windows problem affecting not only networker but any other
software. There was a serie of patches to nsolve it. What is your networker
version ? Check the patch from emc
Kind regards
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 09:56:09 -0400
> From: Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV
> Subject: [Networker] Problems backing up very long paths in Windows 2003
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>
> I have a job that is failing to backup one folder, out of a dozen or so on
> the drive. So today, I did a verbose backup of just this one folder. And I
> saw this:
>
> I:\crmpublichousing\30 AWE & PH COMBINED PROJECT\3.0
> CONSTRUCT\BUILD\Correspondence Management
> JAR\Workspaces\com.peoplesoft.crm.co_custom\src\com\peoplesoft\crm\co\cm\DO
> NOT
> USE\a\a\a\a\a\cm\a\a\a\a\a\co\cm\a\a\a\a\crm\co\cm\a\a\com\a\crm\co\cm\a\a\a\a\a\co\cm\a\a\com\a\crm\co\cm\a\src\a\a\a\co\cm\c\src\com\peoplesoft\crm\co\cm\com.peoplesoft.crm.co_custom\src\com\peoplesoft\crm\co\cm\com.peoplesoft.crm.co_custom\src\com\peoplesoft\crm\co\cm\.metadata\.log
>
> That is one long path ... too long for me to access. Total length of that
> path is over 600 chars. And it's causing NW to error out. While I realize
> this is probably a Windows problem, Windows allowed it to be created. And
> the Windows docs I can find say that it is theoretically valid
>
> "In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following
> paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined
> as 260 characters "
>
> "The Windows API has many functions that also have Unicode versions to
> permit an extended-length path for a maximum total path length of 32,767
> characters. "
>
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx>
>
> I'm not finding any NW related switch or option that might help me to back
> up such a long folder structure. Am I correct in assuming that there isn't
> one? I am also having the group responsible for that path look into it,
> and see if there's something they can do ... like decide they don't really
> need it. :-)
>
> Anyone seen anything similar, in Windows 2003 SP2?
>
> --
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
> Tel: 215-684-4180
> Cell: 215-252-0143
> <mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
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