VERY long filenames (W2K)

[bricarmar]

on a 2000 server, some user created a file with a very long filename (basically started typing it until the buffer overlfowed). Now, of course, I cannot delete it and this "little game" has caught on with other juvenile users

[josefz]

I had experienced a similar issue with a Novell Netware server juvenile users. The only way I have found was to delete such file from MS-DOS command prompt using 8.3 short filename.
Chkdsk could help on W2K server.

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[bricarmar]

Thanks. Was unable to do this since the long filename was also displayed in the command window. Was able to use rmdir /s though.

[josefz]

dir /X command could show short filenames in 8.3 format (for the sake of completeness).

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