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From: Jenny & Tony Coombes <>
Subject: Re: WHY 22 vs 35 HAPPENS
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 18:09:47 +1100


Hi Wayne & all,

Your various posts show one common thread. If the data files are in a
directory path that when combined with the filename (+extension) is MORE
THAN 60 CHARACTERS LONG, then 22 file backups are being made.

The must be a problem in the Zip program/DLL that will not allow fully
formed pathnames over this length to be correctly processed in the case
of the index files.

Looking at the test examples Joyce posted

C:\Program Files\Parsons Technology\Family Origins\Test1.??? gives 35
files
60 character path & filename length (including file extension)

C:\Program Files\Parsons Technology\Family Origins\Test11.??? gives 22
files
61 character path & filename length

Over to you Bruce.

Tony Coombes
Sydney, Australia

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