Find long filename? Hello, Do you know a software (or a script) to find/list long filename (more than 255 characters) on a server (Win 2003R2 SP2)? I've tried "Long Filename Finder" v1.1 (http://dcsoft.com/products/longff/longff.htm), but it doesn't function correctly on Win 2003. Thanks, Christophe

I found this Perl script when searching on the internet, it may help you: [simple Perl-script] # check if filenames are longer then 64 characters # and if filename+path are longer then 255 characters # as this makes resetting permissions or copying # files a nightmare use File::Basename; $szFolder=shift @ARGV; $szLogFile=shift @ARGV; if ($szFolder eq "") { parameters(); } else { if ($szLogFile eq "") { parameters(); } else { # open logfile open(OUTPUTFILE,">$szLogFile") || die; listfiles($szFolder); close(OUTPUTFILE); } } sub listfiles { local $szBaseDir=$_[0]; use File::Find; sub process_dirs { $szPath=$File::Find::name; $szFile=basename($szPath); print "Checking: $szFile\n"; if ((length $szPath) > 255) { $nPathLength=length $szPath; print "Full pathname $szPath is $nPathLength characters, which exceeds limit of 255 characters\n"; print OUTPUTFILE "Full pathname $szPath is $nPathLength characters, which exceeds limit of 255 characters\n"; } if ((length $szFile) > 64) { $nFileNameLength=length $szFile; print "File $szPath is $nFileNameLength characters, which exceeds filename limit of 64 characters\n"; print OUTPUTFILE "File $szPath is $nFileNameLength characters, which exceeds filename limit of 64 characters\n"; } } find (\&process_dirs, $szBaseDir); } sub parameters { print "Usage: Check-files-and-paths.pl path logfile\n"; } [end of Perl-script] So get a machine with Perl installed (note only standard Perl modules are used here), kick-off the script like this "Check-files-and-paths.pl D:\ C:\I-HATE-FILES-WITH-LONG-PATHNAMES.TXT"

This is where I found it: http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=288531 He had a problem similar to yours. Best regards.

If you don't want to install perl, you can build a small C#.net application, see http://adamkett.blogspot.com/2008/09/find-fix-255-file-folder-maxpath.html -- Mike Burr