Re: long file names

On Sep 22, 7:40 am, "Meg" <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
are there any utilities that allow me to search for files with very long
file names?

I'm having some back up problems and we think it is because of long file
names, but i don't know which ones.

using windows xp pro

thanks

Yes. Powershell and probably cmd.exe can do this. I just barely
learned powershell, so here is my go:

foreach( $filename in Get-ChildItem c:\temp -recurse )
{ if( $filename.Name.Length -gt 255 ) {$filename.FullName;}}


-prints path and filename of long filenames to screen
-Change c:\temp to the directory you want to search
-change 255 to the length of file you wish to check.



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