Re: Max length of file name in IFS Folders

A simple google search came up with:

Each component of the path name can be up to 255 characters long, much longer than in the QSYS.LIB or QDLS file systems. The full path name can be extremely long, up to 16 megabytes.
There is no limit to the depth of the directory hierarchy other than program and system space limits.
The characters in names are converted to UCS2 Level 1 form (for *TYPE1 directories) and UTF-16 (for *TYPE2 directories) when the names are stored.
Consider a small amount of research?


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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Dec 10, 2025, at 11:50 AM, Mohan Eashver <mohankva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Happy Holidays you All,

Good afternoon

May I ask you what is the Maximum length of file name that IBM i can allow
saved on IFS Folders including the extension for example [xxxxxxx.pdf] ?

We are on V7R4M0.

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Regards,
Mohan Eashver
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