1. Error: file name for open() is too long
Hello all,
using exw.exe 3.1.1 on Windows XP, a program crashed with the error message:
file name for open() is too long
According to my tests, complete file names (including path and extension)
up to a length of 254 characters are working fine. With names longer than
254 characters I get this error. Can someone confirm this?
What are the maximum possible lengths of complete file names on modern
Windows systems, and on Linux/FreeBSD? Is it possible to change the Eu
interpreters/translators, so that file names with the maximum length on
the concerning OS can be used with Eu programs?
Regards,
Juergen
2. Re: Error: file name for open() is too long
Juergen Luethje wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> using exw.exe 3.1.1 on Windows XP, a program crashed with the error message:
> file name for open() is too long
>
I think that all Windows, before Vista, had a hardcoded operating system limit
of 255 characters. I think Vista did away with this limit and Unix has a limit of
at least 5000 characters.
What, out of curiosity, is the path/file you are trying and why does it have to
be so long?
--
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
Skype name: derek.j.parnell
3. Re: Error: file name for open() is too long
Derek Parnell wrote:
> Juergen Luethje wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > using exw.exe 3.1.1 on Windows XP, a program crashed with the error message:
> > file name for open() is too long
> >
>
> I think that all Windows, before Vista, had a hardcoded operating system limit
> of 255 characters.
Hmm.. the file and the long name does exist on Windows (FAT 32, btw.),
and I can e.g. copy it using Total Commander, or open it using Firefox
(it's a HTML file). So I hardly can imagine that this limit is built-in
in Windows XP.
> I think Vista did away with this limit and Unix has a limit
> of at least 5000 characters.
Very good!
> What, out of curiosity, is the path/file you are trying
Not only the file itself, but even its name has some private content,
so I don't actually want to publish it. If this really is a problem with
the Euphoria interpreter/translator, other people will be able to confirm
it with other files anyway.
> and why does it have to be so long?
It doesn't have to, I didn't make it deliberately so long. Just by
organizing my files in several subdirectories, now there is this
long path & file name.
Regards,
Juergen
