can't upload or create folder path longer than 260 character :: Support Forum

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can't upload or create folder path longer than 260 character

2010-07-19 07:04

can't upload or create folder path longer than 260 character

i try to upload a folder with multiple sub folder, the error says fail to upload.
how could i solve the issue.

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Freitag
Joined:: 2007-10-25
Posts:: 75

2010-07-19 16:45

The only solution is to stop using Windows. Sorry, that is a built in limit.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file

Maximum Path Length Limitation

In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. For example, the maximum path on drive D is "D:\<some 256-character path string><NUL>" where "<NUL>" represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. (The characters < > are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string.)

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