Get-ChildItem error handling when using long file paths

Question

I am trying to handle errors when scanning through folders. Let\'s say I have something like:

Get-ChildItem $somepath -Directory | ForEach-Object {
   if(err         


        

Answer 1

If you can install a non-ancient PowerShell version (3.0 or newer), simply prepend the path with \\?\ to overcome the 260-character limit for full path:

Get-ChildItem "\\?\$somepath" | ForEach {
    # ............
}

Answer 2

You could try ignoring the files longer 260 characters by using the Where-Object cmdlet.

Get-ChildItem $somepath -Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue `
    | Where-Object {$_.length -lt 261} `
    | ForEach-Object { Write-Host $_.BaseName }

Or you could use the following (Ref).

cmd /c dir $somepath /s /b | Where-Object {$_.length -lt 261}