FTP Fails with File Names Larger than 72 Characters

 Last reviewed: September 3, 1996
Article ID: Q129695
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

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

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

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug3.50 kbfix3.51
KBSubcategory: nttcp NTSrvWkst
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50 ftpmgr cpl

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Last reviewed: September 3, 1996
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