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Maximum name length for MacOS Extended?



Hi,

I am trying to move a file from my main drive to my external HD, both of which are
"Mac OS Extended (Jornaled)" but it is failing. The file name is 51 characters long:


  5 - Oxygene XII - Concert Theatre Marigny 2007.mp4

But when I copy from the Finder I am told the name is too long for the destination.
If I try with the cp command


mv /5\ -\ Oxygene\ XII\ -\ Concert\ Theatre\ Marigny\ 2007.mp4 .

I get:

mv: ./5 - Oxygene XII - Concert Theatre Marigny 2007.mp4: Invalid argument

What I don't understand is that the file name limit is meant to be 255 characters
and the file is already present on a disk of the same type.


Any ideas?

Andre
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