Altair WinProp: What is the maximum character path length supported by WinProp?

Esti Hansmann_20805
Esti Hansmann_20805
Altair Employee
edited August 2023 in Altair HyperWorks

This article discusses the maximum character path length supported by WinProp for Microsoft Windows and Linux.

 

On the Microsoft Windows platform, WinProp supports a maximum path length of 260 characters where the maximum path consists of a drive letter, colon, backslash, subfolders (separated by backslashes), name and a terminating null character.

 

For example:

C:\some_folder\name_of_fileNULL

where "NULL" is the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. For the above example, the path is 28 characters long.

 

On the Linux platform, WinProp supports a maximum path length of 400 characters.

 

If a path length exceeds the maximum character path length, the too-long path can be reduced in the following ways:

  • Rename a long file name.
  • Reduce the folder depth by moving the folder.
  • Use UNC pathing in Microsoft Windows.

 

 

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