1. If there is a limit in DOS for line lengths
then "mkdir"+" "+"247chars"+"EOL" might be hitting the line limit.
3. presumably Networker and Netbackup are using different methods for
writing filenames.

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:38:00 +0300, Emre PEKAR <emre.pekar AT DATA-TEK.COM DOT 
TR>
wrote:

>Hi gurus,
>I have a problem with NetWorker directly recovering directories longer than
>247 characters.  I know that the limitation on the W2K system is 255, but
>on the windows GUI I am capable of creating directories longer than 255
>characters by hand.
>On my tests I found that the maximum number of characters that I can use
>with
>mkdir command is 247.(I simply wrote the mkdir command until it gave an
>error.)
>So here are some points that I confuses me:
>1-If the max character limit for a directory is 255 in W2K OS, how come I
>can
>   only create 247 characters with mkdir (DOS)?
>2-If Legato uses mkdir on the directed recovery to re-create them, how will
>I be able to recover
>   directories between 247 and 255?(or even larger on NTFS)
>3-Another shocking point is that NTbackup can do these processes without
>  any problems...How is it possible?
>
>Regards,
>
>
>
>REP
>
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