Windows CLI - Find long Filepaths and compress to zip

[DustinB3403]

I'm looking for a way with Windows CLI or Powershell to scan for and find long file paths on a server (those exceeding the default limit) and compress the top 3 parent folders into a zip file that matches the uppermost folder name.

Anyone have anything that would work?

[scottalanmiller]

There is like no one publishing how to do this, which is really weird. Finding long filenames is apparently really hard.

Here is what StackOverflow says to do.

dir /s /b > out.txt
cmd /c dir /s /b |? {$_.length -gt 260}

In PowerShell. That would produce the list, apparently. Then from there, there is a list to compress from.

[gjacobse]

Long file names can be a serious pain... for copy and backup reasons.

I recall a NTG client that used a long name for the directories,.. and it made updating nearly impossible Should follow the KISS method... Directory names don't need to be 120 characters long,.. and four deep.