[delphizip] Re: Long File Names > 255
- From: RPeters <rpeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:19:59 +1000
On 4/09/2012 8:11 PM, Allan Fernandes wrote:
> Hi Russell ,
>
> You will be aware that Windows allows handling of long file names (more than
> 255 chars) with \\?\ being preceded to the file path. I can Explore/Copy etc
> with this. I made 20 indented folders in my machine each with the name
> 'abcde12345' and reached 200 chars, then I shared the last folder and went to
> another machine and using the share name created another 20 indented folders
> with the same name. Finally made a file in the last folder and tried to zip
> that.
> Many customers are now having files like this and also due to unicode it is
> inevitable. Please advice.
>
> Warmest Regards
> Allan Fernandes
>
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I am keeping it in mind as I have had problems with the 'normal' limit a
number of time but the problem mostly lies with the dll C++ code which I
am working on removing (mainly because of 64bit).
It is taking time but eventually I hope to get there.
Russell Peters
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