Eric Brouwer <er...@forestpost.com> wrote on 01/06/2009 11:55:14 AM: > 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?
File Server Resource Manger (Server 2003 R2 and above) might be able to screen out long file names: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754810.aspx But as noted, robocopy is a much better copy utility - in addition to handling long file names/paths it can also resume interrupted copies, copy only new files that have changed since the last copy and a whole host of other things. There are also some GUI shells for robocopy too that were discussed on the list. Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
