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Posted: 07:06am
02 Apr 2026
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Fede
Newbie

Hello.

As I mentioned, I’m developing a file manager and I’m having trouble handling files whose path or filename is longer than 63 characters.

Is there any way I can copy them?

When I try to do so, I get that error for files whose path and filename together exceed 63 characters, and I’m not sure what to do.

Thank you.
 
Posted: 07:41am
02 Apr 2026
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phil99
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An experiment to try, don't know if it will work.

Before copying change the working directory to the one containing the file (maybe CHDIR twice if its a very long path) and copy from there.

If the destination path is also very long you may need to copy to a short directory path first then CHDIR to the long destination path and copy again.
 
Posted: 01:28pm
02 Apr 2026
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Fede
Newbie

Thank you very much for the suggestion. It’s certainly tempting.

For now, I’ve switched to RP2350, which, with its 127 characters, should be enough.

Best regards.
 


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