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

[Jason Youngquist <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> nonsense.   I can 'cmd' and use 'cd progra~1' all the time.   In fact... I 
> still do it all the time.
[Note, I'm XPSP2 when I run these tests]

	if you use 'cmd' 8 character pathnames such as 'cd progra~1' as 
well as longer pathnames 'cd program files' work...I didn't say that the 
8 character pathnames wouldn't work.

but....

if you use 'command' only the 8 character pathnames seem to work.


--jason



> You can use this shortcut from the start->run prompt to...  Until that prompt 
> started filling in recently used queries, I would always use 'progra~1' and 
> whatever the shortcut was for 'documents and settings' (didn't use that one 
> as much). Mydocu~1 too.
>
> Not much point since you can type 'desktop' or 'my documents' at the 
> start->run as aliases now.
>
> Jason Youngquist wrote:
> > In windoze, if you goto start-->run and type the following in...
> >
> > "cmd.exe" you can "cd" to full pathnames ie. "program files"
> >
> > whereas
> >
> > "command.exe" is only 8 character pathnames...ie. "progra~1"
> >
> >
> > so it probably depends which Windoze "DOS" you use.
> >
> > --jason
> >
> >
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> > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Mike Miller wrote:
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> > > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
> > >
> > > > DIR /X
> > > > DIR /?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks.  I'll try that.  I'll try some tests at some point to see how I'm 
> > > supposed to handle this stuff most effectively.
> > >
> > > It is interesting that I could not delete the file from a Cygwin RXVT 
> > > terminal, but I could delete it from Command Prompt.  More research is 
> > > needed!
> > >
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