Re: [Networker] Missing data from server backup
2006-07-05 14:15:22
On Jul 5, 2006, at 1:03 PM — 7/5/06, Lusby, James wrote:
The client is running on windows but the subfolder names are all less
than 20 characters long, nowhere near the 255 limit... however when
you
say path length do you mean the entire:
\\dcuser\users\username\subfolder1\*subfolder* in which case yes it
would probably be greater than 255...
Yes, I mean the entire path, including the file name and all folders
and subfolders. A path length of 255 characters or greater is a deal
breaker for Windows.
A few months ago, I had a similar situation where someone could not
open an MS Word document, so they tried to recover it from backup
tape. The recover failed. I tried to create a file with a long path
name, just as an experiment and it failed on XP and 2003 and they
both failed. I used a Mac workstation with OS X 10.4 to also create a
file with a long path length and it had no problem with 500
characters. I tried to zip the folder at the base of that long path
name and unzip it on Windows and it would not let me.
So your question reminds me of something I am curious about, how can
Windows files with long path be created in the first place?
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