File names too long to download

[Victor_Kiriakis]

What do you do if the filenames within a download are too long even if the folder is C:/t (a directory I created specifically to try and solve the 255 character problem)?

After making this directory and trying again, my download still stops and specifies the problem - directory does not exist (or something similar).

Is there a way of downloading something with REALLY long filenames?

Thanks.

[jewelisheaven]

Try it with 1.8? In that you can "relocate" files, i.e. change the pathed directory/file structure You'll find the current pre-beta build in Announcements.

[Ultima]

That has got to be one crazy filename... I would go e-stab whoever decided to create an insane torrent like that O.o

[Firon]

Linux users. :X

[Victor_Kiriakis]

I know, the people who named it are bloody idiots. When you say 'relocate' I don't think that would help. Didn't I do the equivalent of this by moving the files as close to the root as possible (c:/t)?

Is there anything else? Or would a different torrent client be able to download these files?

(If so I'd go back to uTorrent when these particular files were complete however, because I went through a few crappy clients before I found uTorrent in the first place)

[jewelisheaven]

Try out 1.8 self-encapsulated http://utorrent.com/faq.php#How_can_I_share_my_torrents_between_user_profiles.3F ... Relocate is a renamed "change download name or path" function which was added earlier to the line

[Victor_Kiriakis]

My file is basically a bunch of folders with content in (not a rar or individual file) hence why there are too many characters.

Is it possible to go in and rename individual folders within the download (to a single character) before downloading or will it then not know where to put everything?

[jewelisheaven]

1.8 includes changing paths for multi-file torrents 1.7 does not.

[tomh]

Victor, those who created that torrent could be smarter but consider that their OS's filesystems were already able to handle that long filenames in the previous century while yours...

Interesting that googleing the problem resulted that while ntfs actually allows to store 32767 bytes long unicode filenames most of the Windows API calls limit it to 260 character... sad and amusing.

If that torrent is really important for you the only thing you can do (except asking a Linux user dude) is to get that torrent using a live linux cd or a linux vm image

( eg. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1068 ) using the provided bt client or opera, download the torrent, rename then copy to your hd.

[jewelisheaven]

... faster than download or even using a livecd... run 1.8 self-encapsulated.

OOOOH new VMware toys. I last checked out their stuff @ version 4.

[tomh]

Nice shot mate. Maybe it worth another link in your sig since this way anyone can test alfa releases paralel without risk of losing anything important

[Victor_Kiriakis]

Thanks for all your advice guys. As per jewelisheaven I'm going to try 1.8 in future. I can't yet because I have important downloads running in 1.7 that I don't want to abandon.

[jewelisheaven]

You don't need to stop all your downloads... you can even run uT 1.8 with /RECOVER on copies of the same .dat files concurrently with your existing ones. You'll want to switch to ALL category though in 1.8 and stop all the ones you're currently running so you don't pop on the list as a duplicate peer. All you should have to do is go to the Files tab on the offending torrent and rename it to something SENSIBLE.

Tomh it has nothing to do with capability. What person names files with 256 characters? I can see perhaps maybe 128 characters for filename+version+size+crc+site+edition+date... but man.