RE: unable to open files checked out with long filenames, paths

As a workaround, you can check out the local repository closer to the root of the C: drive. You have "C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\Desktop" that's adding characters to your 260 character limit. Since you are only a few characters off, it would work better to use "C:\GBBS_TG43_CTMR_paper" as the root directory.

NOTE: just about all platforms have a path limitation, even Unix (which includes Mac OS-X). The really long file and directory names you have here will get you right up to the limit. Perhaps a little sensible abbreviation would help?

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Küng [mailto:tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:05 AM
To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
Subject: Re: unable to open files checked out with long filenames, paths

On 10.09.2010 08:29, Justin wrote:
>
> Here is what is actually displayed in the checkout window:
> "Added: C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\Desktop\GBBS_TG43_CTMR_paper
> \Authored Red Journal Papers\pdf references\Nag_Controversies-and-New-
> Developments-in-Gynecologic-Brachytherapy-Image-Based-Intracavitary-
> Brachytherapy-for-Cervical-Carcinoma_2006_Seminars-in"
>
> Here are the results from copy and paste
> "Added: C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\Desktop\GBBS_TG43_CTMR_paper
> \Authored Red Journal Papers\pdf references\Nag_Controversies-and-New-
> Developments-in-Gynecologic-Brachytherapy-Image-Based-Intracavitary-
> Brachytherapy-for-Cervical-Carcinoma_2006_Seminars-in-Rad.pdf"
>
> Any ideas?

Complain to MS about this :)
Seriously: the explorer has a limit of path length of 260 chars.
Anything that's longer, the explorer can't handle and therefore TSVN
can't handle it either (unless you pass the paths manually to
TortoiseProc.exe, in which case it will work).

Stefan

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