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Does changing the character set to utf8mb4 affect the path length limitation

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS
  • Volume Language

Answer

No, it doesn't.
  • The path length limitation is a constraint on the Windows side, not on the ONTAP side.
  • ONTAP supports path lengths longer than 260 characters by default, but Windows Explorer has a 260-character limitation.

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