powershell - How can I compress my $path on Windows? -

powershell - How can I compress my $path on Windows? -

windows has 260 character limit path. i've blown way past it, , it's aggravating. i'd find way bypass that.

so far, i've had thought of writing script in powershell path variable, parse it, , set path windows shortpath representations of strings inside.

here's have far:

function get-shortname { begin { $fso = new-object -comobject scripting.filesystemobject } process { if ($_.psiscontainer) {$fso.getfolder($_.fullname).shortname} else {$fso.getfile($_.fullname).shortname} } } function get-shortpath { begin { $fso = new-object -comobject scripting.filesystemobject } process { if ($_.psiscontainer) {$fso.getfolder($_.fullname).shortpath} else {$fso.getfile($_.fullname).shortpath} } }

i'm total beginner powershell, , i'm stumped how parse semicolon delimited list $env:path returns , turn can pass get-shortpath functions. suggestions?

as you've noted, value of $env:path semicolon-separated list.

to split up, utilize -split operator:

$paths = $env:path -split ";"

since haven't declared named or positional parameters in functions, you'll have pipe strings them:

@($env:path -split ";") | get-shortname

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