> Linux has a 255 bytes limitation for file names (this translates to just 63 four-byte characters in UTF-8) - not a great deal but copying or using files or di

> Linux has a 255 bytes limitation for file names (this translates to just 63 four-byte characters in UTF-8) - not a great deal but copying or using files or directories with long names from your Windows PC can become a serious challenge. Most file systems on Linux like ext4 have a 255 byte file name limit. There’s no limit in the kernel. I think Windows’ effective 260-char total path limit is worse.