Long path name in NTFS will cause Bad address (os error 14) #893
Description
If exa does something unexpected, or its output looks wrong, or it displays an error on the screen, or if it outright crashes, then please include the following information in your report:
- The version of exa being used (
exa --version)v0.10.1 [+git]
- The command-line arguments you are using
exa
- Your operating system and hardware platform
- OS: Linux Mint 20.1 x86_64
- Kernel: 5.4.0-73-generic
- DE: MATE
If it’s a crash, please include the full text of the crash that gets printed to the screen. If you’re seeing unexpected behaviour, a screenshot of the issue will help a lot.
with debug flag
$ EXA_DEBUG=1 exa
[DEBUG exa] Running with options: Options {
dir_action: List,
filter: FileFilter {
list_dirs_first: false,
sort_field: Name(
AaBbCc,
),
reverse: false,
only_dirs: false,
dot_filter: JustFiles,
ignore_patterns: IgnorePatterns {
patterns: [],
},
git_ignore: Off,
},
view: View {
mode: Grid(
Options {
across: false,
},
),
width: Automatic,
file_style: Options {
classify: JustFilenames,
show_icons: Off,
},
},
theme: Options {
use_colours: Automatic,
colour_scale: Fixed,
definitions: Definitions {
ls: Some(
"rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:",
),
exa: None,
},
},
}
[DEBUG exa::fs::file] Statting file "."
[INFO exa::fs::dir] Reading directory "."
".": Bad address (os error 14)I have both fs, ntfs & ext4, in my system:
$ lsblk --fs /dev/sdc
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINT
sdc
├─sdc1 ntfs 021440A176AA6AA3 810.5G 9% /media/flandre/021440A176AA6AA3
└─sdc2 ext4 68479aae-805e-461a-b3de-31028103ebbe 910.7G 0% /media/flandre/dev-ext4-1tWhen I create a folder with long name in Mate Desktop until it cause "name too long error".
In ext4 the maximum name length is /media/flandre/dev-ext4-1t/一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五
and in /media/flandre/dev-ext4-1t/ call exa is ok.
The main problem is in ntfs.
The maximum name length is /media/flandre/021440A176AA6AA3/long/一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五 and in /media/flandre/021440A176AA6AA3/long/ call exa will show ".": Bad address (os error 14)
I test the minimal length will cause this error: /media/flandre/021440A176AA6AA3/long/一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六七八九十一二三四五六
Here is some screenshot with Mint File Manager (caja) and Terminal:
Show the maximum availible name length in DE:
Show the minimum name length that cause the error:
Work in long name folder which have short name files: