Search for filename/path length
Posted: 10 May 2009 21:32
Maybe a little exotic, but I'd really appreciate being able to search for files whose filenames or, more importantly, complete paths (incl. filenames) exceed a certain number of characters.
There are some free solutions to do that, and a plug-in for Total Commander, but all of them simply give you a list.
What I'd like to have, is a list of results I can immediately work with, like a usual file manager results window, which especially allows you to immediately rename the item or go to that folder (if you have to work your way up the path to shorten it).
There is indeed one file manager that does this: FileBoss from The Utility Factory (http://theutilityfactory.com). However, I'm not going to spend $50 for just one feature, esp. not for something that looks like FileBoss.
The reason why this is useful for me: For a long time, I used Total Commander for file synchronization. TC, like many other apps, can handle only paths up to 255 characters. The developer of TC decided to, when hitting this limit, by silently chop off parts of the filenames (extension first!). So now I have loads (hundreds of thousands, I don't know) of long-path files somewhere on my drives, with missing extensions (and maybe other parts of the filenames). I'd like to clean this up, shorten paths where necessary, and repair the missing extensions.
There are some free solutions to do that, and a plug-in for Total Commander, but all of them simply give you a list.
What I'd like to have, is a list of results I can immediately work with, like a usual file manager results window, which especially allows you to immediately rename the item or go to that folder (if you have to work your way up the path to shorten it).
There is indeed one file manager that does this: FileBoss from The Utility Factory (http://theutilityfactory.com). However, I'm not going to spend $50 for just one feature, esp. not for something that looks like FileBoss.
The reason why this is useful for me: For a long time, I used Total Commander for file synchronization. TC, like many other apps, can handle only paths up to 255 characters. The developer of TC decided to, when hitting this limit, by silently chop off parts of the filenames (extension first!). So now I have loads (hundreds of thousands, I don't know) of long-path files somewhere on my drives, with missing extensions (and maybe other parts of the filenames). I'd like to clean this up, shorten paths where necessary, and repair the missing extensions.
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