Windows Server - max length filename

I understand the maximum length for a filename in Windows is 256 ... true ?

Is there any way around this ?   Certainly people have need for apps that
use longer filenames, no ?

Any shells for Windows that somehow get around this problem ?

  Pegasus \(MVP\) replied...

AFAIR, the limit is 260 characters. Some utilities (e.g. robocopy) are not
subject to it. I'm not aware of any shells that get around it.

  Bill Grant replied...

I thought it was 255 characters.

  Pegasus \(MVP\) replied...

You made me curious, so I ran a quick test. Here is the longest folder+file
name I managed to create:
D:\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc0\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc1\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc2\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc3\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc4\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc5\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc6\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc7\aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccc8\123456789012345678.txt
It's 259 characters long.

  John A Grandy replied...

So , like I said , the max length for a filename alone is 256 ...

  Bill Grant replied...

Well no, it is 255.  .txt is four characters.

  John A Grandy replied...

Heh ...

I am interested in the max filename length including any suffix.

I don't think it's reasonable to not include the suffix in the length --
there is no requirement that a filename include a suffix.

My tests show that :

filename max length = 256

filepath max length = 259

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