And it is WAY faster. Robocopy FTW.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: File name is too long > > While, as others suggest, 'subst' might help, your real help here is > two-fold: > > 1) robocopy - get it from the MSFT resource kits. I can handle > file/path specifications greater than 254 characters, as it uses a > different API than win32 > > 2) shorten the path. > > Kurt > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Eric Brouwer <er...@forestpost.com> > wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > > > I'm trying to copy files from an NT server to a Windows 2003 server. > I am > > running into the problem of file/path name limitations. I am trying > to do > > this from Windows Explorer, and I keep getting the file name is too > long > > error. Is there another utility I can use to accomplish the copy? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Eric Brouwer > > IT Manager > > www.forestpost.com > > er...@forestpost.com > > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
