Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows "File name too long" problem

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Christian M. Cepel wrote:

> I'm browsing through deleting old mail and saw this, but don't see if 
> someone suggested a solution.
>
> I have this problem all the time as I like very verbose informative 
> filenames for mp3s.
>
> One thing to keep in mind, it's not just the filename, it's also the 
> path name.
>
> If you move the file to a location closer to root you can often change 
> it that way.
>
> Also, you can rename the directories it's in to shorten that path.

So even if I cd to the directory and don't need to type the full path to 
mv the file, the full path name is affecting the mv process?  Could be -- 
it just hadn't occurred to me.


> If all else fails, you can usually use an ftp program to manipulate 
> things.

I tried scp, but it didn't work.  The thing is, I was trying to mv in 
Cygwin, and it didn't work.  rm also failed.  I went to the command window 
(like the old DOS window) and used del to get rid of the file -- that 
worked.  Next time I'll try to rename it.

It's the craziest thing that Windows will allow a program to create a file 
with a name that Windows cannot work with properly.  I could do nothing 
with that filename in the usual Windows explorer view, nor could I delete, 
copy or move the file from there!

Thanks for the suggestion about the paths.

Mike

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