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

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

You said Dos worked.  You can always manipulate files by doing a dir in 
a shell and finding out the 8.3 naming scheme reference and using that.

Mike Miller wrote:
> 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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