Sorry, forgot to mention that this only works on NTFS v5 filesystems. But this probably shouldn't be a problem as v5 (also known as v3, dont ask me why) was shipped with windows 2k. > I would like to add, that this problem might be solved by using a > 'windows symlink' aka junction. Please note that i haven't tested that > myself, just an idea. > > more info about junctions: > http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=284 > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > >> On Sunday 12 November 2006 23:17, Support wrote: >> >> >>> Dear Users >>> >>> If Bacula is backing up a Windows XP client that has a path filename depth >>> depth greater than 260 characters does the Client / Director report an >>> error with the Standard messages? >>> >>> I have users that tend to exceed this path limitation. >>> >>> >>> >> I'm not sure, but in any case you should convince your users to avoid such >> situations since a lot of Windows tools break with long path/filenames. >> >> If you *really* need to backup/restore such files, you might want to try to >> load the 1.39.26 Windows BETA file daemon, which does handle long paths. It >> *should* work with older Dir and Storage daemon. Good testing will be >> needed >> to prove this theory though. If you try this, you will need to carefully >> read the ReleaseNotes to understand how to install it as a lot of things >> have >> changed. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > >
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