Re: [ferret_users] what is ferret's limit to the full path name for a netCDF data set

["William S. Kessler" <William.S.Kessler@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Janeen -

Whatever the path-length might be, you can always circumvent this  
problem by using unix soft-links:

sp ln -s /very/long/path/including/many/subdirectories/filename.cdf  
temp_name.cdf
use temp_name.cdf
..... work with the file .....
sp rm temp_name.cdf   ! clean-up after use

Don't forget the -s option! (symbolic link). Otherwise rm will remove  
the actual file!

Billy K

On Feb 2, 2007, at 6:16 AM, Janeen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to find how long a full path for a data set can be,  
> before ferret can't handle it.
>
> For example, I know that a path of 126 characters is too long, but  
> 92 is still accepted.
>
> Anyone know what the actual number is?
>
> Janeen