max file name length?

[nm_114]

Is there a max file name length for all files (to make sure a char buffer is always large enough)? I was assuming it was MAX_PATH but is that just for the path part and the fully qualified name can be longer? - thanks.

[Stephen Hewitt]

Paths can be longer although most code assumes they can't. See here. Look for "\\?\". Steve -- modified at 19:58 Thursday 19th January, 2006

[nm_114]

Thanks for the reply. However the link doesn't seem to work...

[Stephen Hewitt]

Oops. I fixed the link. Steve

[Shraddhan]

The maximum length used to be MAX_PATH (or whatever). Certainly on Windows 98. For XP you should assume an indefinite length. Store the path in a CString and you'll be OK. Shraddhan