problem delete paths up to 259 characters

[naglieri]

Sorry but I have this problem:

New beta version of TC 7.5 supports paths up to 259 characters and I'm now able copy file with big path,
problem is delete this kind of file, is not possible.
Only way is delete characters until path is less then 256 characters.

Is possible fix it?

Thanks to all

[karlchen]

Hi, naglieri.

New beta version of TC 7.5 supports paths up to 259 characters

Hm, is it not 1022 characters really?

Apart from this, I can confirm the problem.

Created this folder structure

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d:\FTP\abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\TheQuickBrownFoxJumpsOverTheLazyDogTheQuickBrownFoxJumpsOverTheLazyDog\abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\TheQuickBrownFoxJumpsOverTheLazyDogTheQuickBrownFoxJumpsOverTheLazyDog\abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\

(Length including the backslashes: 309 characters)
Copied the file testit.txt into the deepest folder. Length of fully qualified filename: 318 characters.)

T.C. 7.50PB1 warned that this name exceeded the 259 characters limit. Selected "Keep name". The file was copied correctly.

Now for the issue and a misleading error message:
Note: Delete to recycle bin is ON here by default.
Pressing DEL on the filename yielded a misleading error message:

Error: D:\FTP\....\testit.txt cannot be deleted.
Remove any potential write protection!

The file is not write protected in any way.
T.C. cannot move the file to the recycle bin. That is the problem. - Not sure though whether this is a T.C. problem or a Windows Explorer issue or a Windows API function issue.

Workaround:
Pressing Shift+DEL had the desired effect. The file was deleted. Not to the recycle bin of course, but for good.

Kind regards,
Karl

[naglieri]

Hi, naglieri.

New beta version of TC 7.5 supports paths up to 259 characters

Hm, is it not 1022 characters really?

Yes you have right

Workaround:
Pressing Shift+DEL had the desired effect. The file was deleted. Not to the recycle bin of course, but for good.

Thanks for all,
bye and good work

[ghisler(Author)]

Indeed Recycle bin doesn't support names longer than 259 characters, and there is no workaround. I prefer not to delete the file directly in that case to avoid data loss. Better leave it to the user to delete the file manually with Shift+Del...

[Evds]

2ghisler

Would it be possible to change the warning so it is clear that the recycle bin doesn't support such long names but tcmd is able to directly delete the file with shift+delete ?

Because i could copy the file (with more then 259 chars) with tcmd but not delete the file i had the wrong impression that there was a bug in tcmd and tcmd wasn't able to delete such long files.


tcmd 8.01 x32 - win xp sp3