Question

Have a network location that shows paths in the 8.3 short format. I need to convert these to long format for use on UNIX.

Since its a network location I need it needs to work with UNC paths.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

The answer to converting short to long is just a Google search away. This will work for UNC paths only on Windows Vista and up (and possible XP w/ some service packs).

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;

public class _Main
{
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
    public static extern int GetLongPathName(
        string path,
        StringBuilder longPath,
        int longPathLength
        );

    public static void Main()
    {
        StringBuilder longPath = new StringBuilder(255);
        GetLongPathName(@"\\?\UNC\server\d$\MYTEMP~1\RESOUR~1\sql.txt", longPath, longPath.Capacity);
        Console.WriteLine(longPath.ToString());
    }
}