java.io.File does not support long paths in IBM Java 2 SDK 1.2.2, 1.3.1 and 1.4.1 on Microsoft Windows
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Problem
java.io.File does not support long paths (greater than 255 characters) on IBM® Java™ 2 SDK 1.2.2, IBM Java 2 SDK 1.3.0, IBM Java 2 SDK 1.3.1 and IBM Java 2 SDK 1.4.1 for the Microsoft® Windows® platform.
 
Cause
This is limitation of IBM Java 2 SDK 1.2.2, 1.3.1 and 1.4.1 on the Microsoft Windows platform
 
Solution
If a file or directory has path greater than 255 characters on Microsoft Windows, java.io.File reports that the object is neither a file nor a directory. Any attempt to open such a file fails with the following exception:.
java.io.FileNotFoundException
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Java SDK
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 6.0
Software edition:
Reference #: 1169071
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: May 14, 2004