Error: path too long! Is there a workaround?

[Widofnir]

Hello sabnzbd-Team ,

Bug(?) short-info:
sadly I discover regulary a "path too long"-error while using sabnzbd with movie-sorting enabled.

My system:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64), german
sabnzbd: 0.7.13

Bug(?) report:
I enabled Movie Sorting with this string:

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     Sort String: %title (%y)/%dn/%fn

       Test data: Ich.-.Einfach.unverbesserlich.2010.German.DL.DTS.1080p.BluRay.x264-iNCEPTiON
Processed Result: Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich (2010)\Ich.-.Einfach.unverbesserlich.2010.German.DL.DTS.1080p.BluRay.x264-iNCEPTiON\Original Filename.avi

My default download-path is not really long, sadly I discover very often the "path too long"-error, while "movie sorting" is active.

For example, my latest error-log look like this:

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ERROR:: path too long ( E:\Downloads\Movies\Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich (2010)\Ich.-.Einfach.unverbesserlich.2010.German.DL.DTS.1080p.BluRay.x264-iNCEPTiON\_UNPACK_Ich.-.Einfach.unverbesserlich.2010.German.DL.DTS.1080p.BluRay.x264-iNCEPTiON/Ich.-.Einfach.unverbesserlich.2010.German.DL.DTS.1080p.BluRay.x264-iNCEPTiON.mkv)

The curious thing is: the path (imho) gets only too long, because sabnzbd creates additionally a "_UNPACK_%TITLE%"-folder. Shouldn't it be better, when sabnzbd extracts the files in a temp-folder and after that it moves the files to the complete-folder? Or just use as folder-name "tmp" instead of "_UNPACK_%TITLE%"?
Many thanks for any help .

Kind regards,
Widofnir

[shypike]

You can disable folder renaming in Config->Switches.
You can trim paths in Config->Special->folder_max_length
Set it to something like 50, so that no individual path element can be above 50.
The next major release will solve this issue for the most part.

[Widofnir]

The next major release will solve this issue for the most part.

Ah ok, thanks!

[Hurda]

I ran into this problem today.
I haven't seen the warning regarding the overlong path until after the NZB was already downloading, and I got the "Disk error on creating file"-error.
I know that I can work around this before adding or starting a NZB, but what is the way to fix this when I already started the NZB?

Is deleting and readding the nzb-file after changing folder_max_length the only solution?

[shypike]

Is deleting and readding the nzb-file after changing folder_max_length the only solution?

Sorry: yes, because SABnzbd hasn't been able to save the files.

[darksupernova]

You can trim paths in Config->Special->folder_max_length
Set it to something like 50, so that no individual path element can be above 50.

Hi, I have followed your advice and changed it to 50 but I'm still getting the error on multiple downloads. The downloads go to 'E:\unsorted movies', so the base filename is quite short - is there anything else I can try?

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ERROR:: path too long ( E:\unsorted movies\The.Movie.2013\_UNPACK_The.Movie.2013.EXTENDED.1080p.BluRay.x264.cp(t\The.Movie.2013.EXTENDED.1080p.BluRay.x264.SPARKS\The.Movie.2013.EXTENDED.1080p.BluRay.x264.SPARKS/Subs\the.movie.2013.extended.1080p.bluray.x264-sparks.subs.r00)

[shypike]

Go below 50, like 32.
The limit is just for individual path elements.

[darksupernova]

Thanks for the quick reply! I'll give it a shot

[oaz1]

Hi,

i have the same problem like you all. If i short the download name i have multiple problems in pre / after processing.
- The password will be cuted away (very important)
- The CP-Identifier will be cuted away (not that important)

A fix what will work for both is, if a download is finished it'll be stored in a temp folder and unrar will extract not in the temp folder, it will be extract to a new child folder which have also a very long name.

Hope we find a solution!

[shypike]

Hi,
- The password will be cuted away (very important)

Solved in the next release.

[oaz1]

Hi,
- The password will be cuted away (very important)

Solved in the next release.

Release date yet?

[ahillebrandt]

Waiting for it every day :-)!
Tried 17RC1, but didn't help.
RC2 is not available for windows atm...
It's nearly unsuable this way :-/!

Pleeeeaaase release! :-)

[shypike]

This weekend.

[ahillebrandt]

yeahhhh... herooo! :-D

[sander]

I'm locking this old topic (2014); it keeps attracting spammers, and AFAIK it's not relevant anymore.