New
#1
Long Directory + File names > 256 chars --any sign of support yet
Hi folks
This has been pushed around for ages but I can't see any sign of it being implemented even on latest W10-updates.
The 256 character restriction on file name + directory string is a serious limitation now on my being able to share multi-media with Windows machines.
The Windows machines have access but just show the file name as an 8 byte char rather like the old dos 8.3 format.
This is almost a show stopper for some Windows clients now
My servers Server(s) are standard Linux boxes - now 1 CENTOS 7.4 and the other is RHEL Enterprise 7.4 (Red hat have made these free now for home / other users who don't have paid support - plenty of support on Red Hat and other Forums if required).
I'm not going to re-organize and label zillions of multi-media files !!! that would take WEEKS of work.
Any get around / 3rd party program as an alternative to File explorer to handle long file names
I surely can't be the only person running into this limitation.
Windows clients are essentially W10- x-64 PRO.
Cheers
jimbo
Last edited by jimbo45; 21 Jan 2018 at 07:02.