Hi All,

Dolphin unable to copy/cut the following file because of long file name! does this issue a bug or I missed some package to install?

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file:///media/ntfs_usb/MyFiles/Multimedia/Music/100 Best Ballet/04 - Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II- Dances of the Swans- V. Andante- Andante non troppo- Allegro (Christopher Warren-Green- Violin - Robert Truman, Cello).mp3

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Usually I was using Linux for fixing Windows files issue but today I did the opposite Windows could copy that file without any problem although I left windows since many years ago .

I created a file with that name and could copy/move it without any problems. Are you sure the issue is with the file name? For example, can you write to NTFS? (Judging from the path it looks like a removable USB drive formatted as NTFS.) If not, you can't move (cut) the file. Do you have read access?

Can you move/copy the file with the commands mv and cp?

Hans wrote:can you write to NTFS? (Judging from the path it looks like a removable USB drive formatted as NTFS.)

Yes, I can write and as you noticed the removable USB drive formatted as NTFS

Hans wrote:Can you move/copy the file with the commands mv and cp?

Actually no... here is the result of moving command

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mbnoimi-pc Music # mv -f /media/ntfs_usb/MyFiles/Multimedia/ /home/mbnoimi/Music/
mv: inter-device move failed: `/media/ntfs_usb/MyFiles/Multimedia/Music/100 Best Ballet/04 - Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II- Dances of the Swans- V. Andante- Andante non troppo- Allegro (Christopher Warren-Green- Violin - Robert Truman, Cello).mp3' to `/home/mbnoimi/Music/Multimedia/Music/100 Best Ballet/04 - Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II- Dances of the Swans- V. Andante- Andante non troppo- Allegro (Christopher Warren-Green- Violin - Robert Truman, Cello).mp3'; unable to remove target: File name too long
mv: inter-device move failed: `/media/ntfs_usb/MyFiles/Multimedia/Music/100 Best Ballet/62 - The Rite of Spring, \'Le Sacre Du Printemps\' (1947 Revised Version), Pt. 1- l\'adoration de la Terre- Introduction- Les Augures Printaniers- Danse Des Adolescentes- Jeu de Rapt.mp3' to `/home/mbnoimi/Music/Multimedia/Music/100 Best Ballet/62 - The Rite of Spring, \'Le Sacre Du Printemps\' (1947 Revised Version), Pt. 1- l\'adoration de la Terre- Introduction- Les Augures Printaniers- Danse Des Adolescentes- Jeu de Rapt.mp3'; unable to remove target: File name too long

In this case, it is a limitation of the underlying system (probably the NTFS driver) which is preventing you from removing the file, rather than Dolphin itself.

bcooksley wrote:In this case, it is a limitation of the underlying system (probably the NTFS driver) which is preventing you from removing the file, rather than Dolphin itself.

Yes I agree with you partly because Windows accepted these files while Linux didn't!
So I think the limitation comes from Linux way in reading/writing NTFS file system not USB drive itself. is it?

Correct, the limitation is in Linux's support of Microsoft's NTFS file system, rather than in hardware or other pieces of software.