POWERSHELL SCRIPT TO IDENTIFY DOCUMENTS WITH LONG PATH NAMES

I wrote this PowerShell script to identify all documents in a site that exceed 256 characters in length.  See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ff919564(v=office.14).aspx for more information.

Param([String] $Site = $(Throw 'Error, no site URL specified.'))

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PowerShell script to report on all files and folders within a site

that exceed 256 characters.  For more information, see the link

below.

File    : Get-LongPaths.PS1

Revision history:

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1.0 Initial version

Usage:

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Run Get-LongPaths.PS1 <Site URL>

Example: Get-LongPaths.PS1 <a href="http://intranet/hr">http://intranet/hr</a>

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# Add required snap-in(s)

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Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ea 0

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# Define global variables

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$Date = Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM-dd_h-mm

$Logging = "True"

$LogFile = "C:\Get-LongPaths $Date.log"

If ($Site.EndsWith("/"))

{

   $Site = $Site.Substring(0,$Site.Length-1)

}

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# Function to report on folders that exceed 256 characters in length

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Function Get-LongPaths([String]$Site)

{

   $Web = Get-SPWeb -Identity $Site

   ForEach ($List in $Web.Lists)

   {

      If ($List.BaseType -Eq "DocumentLibrary")

      {

         ForEach ($Item in $List.Items)

         {

            $FullURL = $Site + "/" + $Item.Url

            If ($FullURL.length -gt "256")

            {

               Write-Host $FullURL "-" $FullURL.Length

               If ($Logging -eq $True)

               {

                  $FullURL | Out-File -Append $LogFile

               }

            }

         }

      }

   }

}

Get-LongPaths $Site