08-30-2011, 06:21 PM | #1 |
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File Names to long?
I have a library and want to move it to portable from my local drive, however when i attempt to copy it via win7 it errors out with a filename to long message?
The Library works great on my local windows machine but I wanted to put it on my new 500gb portable drive, but I cannot get around this error.... Thanks, Jonathon |
08-30-2011, 08:07 PM | #2 | |
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Since the Calibre Library can be many folders deep with long Author names and Titles, it needs to be close to the drive root (and that folder should be a short name also) |
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08-30-2011, 08:19 PM | #3 |
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I don't remember exactly which version it was, but I believe somewhere around 0.8.11 the filename length was shortened to 75 characters. It's why I'm still running 0.8.6. My library is currently deeper than that and I don't feel like figuring out where to put it.
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08-30-2011, 09:28 PM | #4 |
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From your description, the error is coming from Windows. The FAT32 filesystem, commonly used on portable storage devices, has a maximum file length of 256 characters. This is from the root to the filename extension, including all the \ characters, see Wiki: Long filename. So, as theducks said, the first work around to try is to shorten any folder names that appear before you get to the Calibre primary folder. From the wiki description, it might be the short name of each folder that counts, and if so then it is the number of folder's deep the Calibre folder starts from that matters the most. If your actual filenames (after the last \) are longer than about 200 characters then you probably are screwed. However, FizzyWater's comment suggests that they are likely not that long.
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08-31-2011, 01:17 AM | #5 |
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I found where this came up before - read this thread for more details.
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08-31-2011, 03:21 AM | #6 |
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If this is a new external drive and it's using the FAT32 file system, reformat it as NTFS - that should fix the problem.
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