FTP Fails with File Names Larger than 72 Characters

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.

Additional query words: prodnt ftpmgr cpl

Keywords : nttcp NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.50
Platform : WINDOWS
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