RE: Error Writing Files

  It appears to be due to a restriction on the file name length in my CD
  writing software, either a max of 64 bytes or 128.  I ended up using
  BACKUP to create a single file on the CD.

  Sam

  >From: "SamL" <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  >Reply-To: Websphere Development Studio Client for
  iSeries<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  >To: "'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'"
  <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  >Subject: [WDSCI-L] Error Writing Files
  >Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:32:59 -0500
  >
  >
  >Running XP SP2 at home. Decided to backup My Documents to CD-RW. Right
  >clicked and sent it to my D: drive, which is the CD.
  >
  >After copying a chunk of data it stopped and said it had an error writing
  >EVFEVENT._FILE.XML. I told it to ignore the file, but it came up with
  >another, then another, all of the form aaa._FILE.XML. I told it to ignore
  >them all. The files are found deep in the WDSC workspace, with an
  immensely
  >long path.
  >
  >Anyone got any idea why they would be causing errors?
  >
  >Sam
  >
  >Path is something like this, though it will probably wrap in funny
  places.
  >C:\Documents and Settings\Sam\My
  >Documents\IBM\wdsc\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.etools.iseries.core\
  >cache\BRONZE\NativeFileSystemMiner\Data\iseries.qsys\iseries.libraries\LENNO
  >N$S.LIB\EVFEVENT._FILE.xml