CUT Files From Long Path

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therube
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CUT Files From Long Path

Post by therube »

Ability to CUT (Ctrl+X) Files From Long Path, so >260 characters or so.


Much like, long paths prevents files being delete-able, are you able to use a "fallback" on CUT operations.

As in I grab a group of files, Ctrl+X them, with the intent on pasting them elsewhere.
What happens with LFN, if one or more of the files length is >260, is that the entire operation fails, no files are cut, likewise there is nothing to Paste.

(Even if the particular file(s) with LFN were skipped, & others processed, even that would be a great help.)


(And if CUT is doable, heh, then maybe Paste too, but that is far less important. And drag&drop into another program would be nice also. But that could present its own problems if the program you're dragging into cannot support such lengths? In any case if CUT alone could be done, that would be great.)
void
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Re: CUT Files From Long Path

Post by void »

Everything uses the Windows shell to cut/copy/paste files.
The limitation lies with the Windows shell.

I would have to implement my own cut/copy/paste routines to overcome the issue.
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