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re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long''
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 11:05 am
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Posted by gewg_ (3521 messages posted)

|Yes it is a "feature" of the operating system.
| John
|
For an Iomega Zip disk, this would be true.

For a CD/DVD, it is QUITE WRONG.
cache 
of http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/jolspec.html
+ISO.9660.Restrictions+up-to-128-bytes+64.unicode.characters


|Normally it is a combination of depth of directories in use
|
With a FAT32 original,
you can exceed the CD/DVD limits with just a filename in the root directory.

|and I have found you can convince the system to accept long names by using SUBST.
|
Again:
For *MAGNETIC* media that uses FAT/FAT32 [1]

NOT for something that uses a ISO 9660 variant
--and your burning software will determine which of those you can use.


As has already been pointed out in this thread,
to retain directory structures with long names
while *transporting* copies of structured disk content on optical media,
compress the content with a zip utility.


If you are going to respond to 5 year old threads,
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/post?1038024842
at least get all your facts correct.


[1] ...with caveats:
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of http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/subst.html

Written in response to:: re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (John: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 1:19 am)

Responses to this message:
re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (KS: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 11:09 pm)

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Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Henry: Fri, Nov 22, 2002, 8:14 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Gary: Fri, Nov 22, 2002, 9:40 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Henry: Fri, Nov 22, 2002, 11:12 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (L. H. LOO: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 6:19 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Bob Harris: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 7:38 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wed, May 12, 2004, 10:26 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Moskaluk: Sun, Jun 29, 2008, 4:27 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Paul D: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 7:52 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wed, May 12, 2004, 10:16 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Lance Hill: Fri, Oct 1, 2004, 7:41 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (William Ashley: Sat, Apr 9, 2005, 7:12 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Lance: Mon, Apr 11, 2005, 2:31 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wed, Jul 27, 2005, 2:20 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Ralph Maddox: Mon, Feb 13, 2006, 3:43 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (John: Wed, Apr 11, 2007, 1:19 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (gewg_: Wed, Apr 11, 2007, 11:05 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (KS: Sun, Apr 6, 2008, 11:09 pm)

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