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Q129695: FTP Fails with File Names Larger than 72 Characters

Article: Q129695
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.50
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to use a GET or MGET command in Windows NT File Transfer
Protocol (FTP) on a file with a filename larger than 72 characters, the
following error message appears and drops you out of FTP and back to the command
line:

  An application error has occurred And an application error log is being
  generated.

  FTP.EXE


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. This
problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.51.


Additional query words: prodnt ftpmgr cpl

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search
Version           : 3.50

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