File Path length

[dburtis2]

When I use a DVD to back up my server, path name lengths > 128 characters cause a fatal error. How can I use Beyond Compare to list which files have path name lengths > 128 characters?

[chrroe]

Hi Don!

Please be more descriptive:

Which Windows version?
Which kind of file-system?
Which version of Beyond Compare?
What action did you exactly make to cause this error (step-by step)?
Please post an example of the trouble-causing pathnames.
You have posted your message in the Plug-ins section of this forum. Is a plugin causing the error? If yes, which one?


Bye
Christoph

[Chris]

It should be possible to do this with a file name filter in Beyond Compare.

In filters, ? means match any single character, * means match 0 or more characters.

As an example, ???*.txt will match any file names that are 3 or more characters long. Using 128 ? characters followed by *.txt should list all txt files with more that have 128 or more characters in their names.