Get all files in folder including those with long (>256 characters) path + name

Question

I\'m trying to build a comma separated list of file names in a specific folder. These files tend to have long names (they\'re test case results and the name is very descript

Answer 1

This seems to be a really popular question because it has been asked multiple times on this site.Anyway here are your alternatives:

Use Pinvoke

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Use Robocopy

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Use AlphaFS with Powershell V5 and V4

if you can find a computer with PowerShell v5 (windows 10 comes with PS v5) you can install a module called PSAlphaFS .

Install-Module PSAlphaFS

by default the modules from powershellgallery get installed to

C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

Note:The PSAlphaFS module can also be run on a target system with PowerShell V4 but not on powershell V3.

Here is how you can find out the version of Powershell that is currently running.

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Once the module is in place you can then run the following command which is similar to get-childitem but without the 260 char limitation.

Get-LongChildItem  -Filter *.txt -Name