Symptom
When you try to remotely create a file or folder on an Apple server with a name longer than 31 characters, an alert with this message appears:
"The name <name of file> has too many characters and cannot be used".
Solution
You may use one of these workarounds:
- Create the file or folder on the client computer, then copy it to the server.
- If convenient, use a shorter file or folder name.
- Carbon and Cocoa applications may be able to create file names longer than 31 characters. Carbon and Cocoa are two types of Mac OS X-native applications.