Problem with Rsync or Users will be Users?

[Tevfik Karagülle]

Path length limitiation comes from the underlying OS, cygwin in this case.

It has a max path length of 260 chars, if I remember correctly.

Tev

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> From: rsync-bounces+tevfik=itefix.no at lists.samba.org 
> [mailto:rsync-bounces+tevfik=itefix.no at lists.samba.org] On 
> Behalf Of Stuart Halliday
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:34 AM
> To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: Problem with Rsync or Users will be Users?
> 
> Various web sites says this about NTFS files.
> 
> 
> Individual file names in NTFS are limited to 255 characters; 
> full paths are limited to 32,767 characters
> 
> This filename is a mere 191 long
> Path is a lot less than 32,767... :-)
> 
> So how come it is an OS error when Rsync tries to copy it?
> 
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> /cygdrive/x/20070221(Wednesday)/Users_profiles/DavidV/Favorites/Pipa
> Det/.AC-CESS AC-ROV, ROV, rov, mini ROV, micro ROV, low cost 
> ROV, inspection class ROV, underwater camera, underwater rov, 
> security inspection, remote visual inspection, acrov, small 
> rov.url.gt1Uh8
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> 
> 
> ref:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Limitations
> 
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