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Nicolas Raoul edited this page Jun 17, 2015 · 4 revisions

Most ECM servers can have arbitrarily long file names. On the opposite, client-side filesystems usually have a limit. For instance, the Windows API has a limit of 260 characters.

Consequence: When syncing a folder that has many sub-folders with long names, you have to think about whether it will fit or not.

Workaround

If a path is too long, a solution can be to split into several synchronized folders.

Example: Folder "TheRootFolderWithAVeryLongName" contains two sub-folders "FirstSubfolderWithAVeryLongNameToo" and "SecondSubfolderWithAVeryLongNameToo".

In this example, rather than synchronizing "TheRootFolderWithAVeryLongName", synchronize "FirstSubfolderWithAVeryLongNameToo" and "SecondSubfolderWithAVeryLongNameToo".