Max Path Length Exceeded

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:07:54 +0000, cbarlock wrote:

The disk defrag program I'm using barfed today because the path:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation
Manager\adapters\native\IBM Rational Team
Concert\com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide
\org.eclipse.equinox.p2.bootstrap.win32.win32.x86_3.4.200.R342_v20090122-989JESTEbig-

SVaL8UJHcYBr4A63-1238190597667

is too long. Windows Explorer doesn't like it either. Makes me wonder
how the program uses this -- or even created it -- when the OS doesn't
like it. Nonetheless, it is not very friendly of RTC to create paths
that exceed the max path length of the OS....

What directory do you have RTC installed in?

Based on the filename "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.bootstrap.win32...", this
looks like it might actually be an Eclipse issue.

--
Jared Burns
Jazz Process Team

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:07:54 +0000, cbarlock wrote:

The disk defrag program I'm using barfed today because the path:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation
Manager\adapters\native\IBM Rational Team
Concert\com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide
\org.eclipse.equinox.p2.bootstrap.win32.win32.x86_3.4.200.R342_v20090122-989JESTEbig-

SVaL8UJHcYBr4A63-1238190597667

is too long. Windows Explorer doesn't like it either. Makes me wonder
how the program uses this -- or even created it -- when the OS doesn't
like it. Nonetheless, it is not very friendly of RTC to create paths
that exceed the max path length of the OS....

What directory do you have RTC installed in?

Based on the filename "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.bootstrap.win32...", this
looks like it might actually be an Eclipse issue.

--
Jared Burns
Jazz Process Team

Sorry for the delay in responding -- too many things going on....I installed into the default Windows directory, C:\Program Files\IBM\Team Concert. The issue, as you can tell from my first post, is with the Application Data directory tree.

well, I think this is a general Java naming issue on Windows - I had a
(zip) RTC install at "c:\jazz" and Windows couldn't move it to
"d:\jazz", or even deleteall the files until I'd gone and shortened all
the filenames(using FlexibleRenamer 8.1) , especially in the "plugins"
directories.

Freddy

cbarlock wrote:

What directory do you have RTC installed in?

Based on the filename
"org.eclipse.equinox.p2.bootstrap.win32...", this
looks like it might actually be an Eclipse issue.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:07:54 +0000, cbarlock wrote:

The disk defrag program I'm using barfed today because the path:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation
Manager\adapters\native\IBM Rational Team
Concert\com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide
\org.eclipse.equinox.p2.bootstrap.win32.win32.x86_3.4.200.R342_v20090122-989JESTEbig-

SVaL8UJHcYBr4A63-1238190597667

is too long. Windows Explorer doesn't like it either. Makes me wonder
how the program uses this -- or even created it -- when the OS doesn't
like it. Nonetheless, it is not very friendly of RTC to create paths
that exceed the max path length of the OS....

What directory do you have RTC installed in?

Based on the filename "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.bootstrap.win32...", this
looks like it might actually be an Eclipse issue.

--
Jared Burns
Jazz Process Team

Sorry for the delay in responding -- too many things going on....I installed into the default Windows directory, C:\Program Files\IBM\Team Concert. The issue, as you can tell from my first post, is with the Application Data directory tree.

Those files are actually not part of foundation/rtc itself but files used by the IBM Installation Manager during the install. As a result, you're correct that changing the install location for RTC isn't going to make a difference for this particular file.

It looks like you are an IBMer so if you have access I'd encourage you to open a defect against the installation manager. If not, please open a defect against the RTC install component and someone from that team can followup on your behalf.

-James
Jazz Foundation