phbradley / tcr-dist

Software tools for the analysis of epitope-specific T cell receptor (TCR) repertoires (scroll down for the README)
MIT License
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Investigate redesigning of filename/path lengths #9

Open jeremycfd opened 7 years ago

jeremycfd commented 7 years ago

"The Windows API imposes a maximum filename length such that a filename, including the file path to get to the file, can't exceed between 255-260 characters." Filenames that violate this limit can cause problems for users on Windows machines. Some of the path/filename combinations generated automatically by the pipeline get quite long. We may want to shorten names where possible and/or include information on placing results in a base filepath for viewing when they encounter problems.