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Batch files and file name length

caccy
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Posted November 7, 2012 at 3:48PM

When writing a batch file in Win 7 64bit am I limited to the good old DOS 8 character file names or can I use longer names. Haven't written a batch file since the seventies so I'm hoping that I can. If not what is the best way to overcome this. Any help appreciated. Thanks .

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woodchip

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Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:07PM

In all windows you should be able to use long file names, unless it is going to run in old dos mode. There is no DOS in Windows since XP came into being, it was left behind, old Windows ran on top of DOS, it was two Operating Systems running side by side

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Batch

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Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:47PM

I'm using XP and both styles of accessing long filenames works in batch files / CMD prompt.E.g.

testfilename.doc

and

testfi~1.doc

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caccy

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Posted November 7, 2012 at 8:40PM

Thanks for your answers. Will try to get the grey cells working again.

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caccy

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Posted November 7, 2012 at 8:41PM

Thanks for your answers. Will try to get the grey cells working again.

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