title: Best way to resolve file path too long exception
body: <p>I created a app that downloads all document libraries in a SP Site , but at one point it giving me this error (I tried looking at google but couldn;t find anything, now if anyone knows any trick to solve this problem please respond otherwise thanks for looking at it)</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>System.IO.PathTooLongException: The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
       at System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
       at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
       at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
       at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
       at System.IO.File.Create(String path)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>it reaches the limit for string, Code is given below,</p>
  
  <pre><code>#region Downloading Schemes
  
      private void btnDownload_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          TreeNode currentNode = tvWebs.SelectedNode;
          SPObjectData objectData = (SPObjectData)currentNode.Tag;
          try
          {
              CreateLoggingFile();
              using (SPWeb TopLevelWeb = objectData.Web)
              {
                  if(TopLevelWeb != null)
                      dwnEachWeb(TopLevelWeb, TopLevelWeb.Title, tbDirectory.Text);
              }
          }
          catch (Exception ex)
          {
              Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("Exception caught when tried to pass TopLevelWeb:{1}, Title = {2}, object data to (dwnEachWeb_method), Exception: {0}", ex.ToString(), objectData.Web, objectData.Title));
          }
          finally
          {
              CloseLoggingFile();
          }
      }
  
      private void dwnEachWeb(SPWeb TopLevelWeb, string FolderName, string CurrentDirectory)
      {
          if (TopLevelWeb != null)
          {
              if (TopLevelWeb.Webs != null)
              {
                  CurrentDirectory = CurrentDirectory + "\\" + TopLevelWeb.Title;
                  CreateFolder(CurrentDirectory);
                  foreach (SPWeb ChildWeb in TopLevelWeb.Webs)
                  {
  
                      dwnEachWeb(ChildWeb, ChildWeb.Title, CurrentDirectory);
                      ChildWeb.Dispose();
                  }
                  dwnEachList(TopLevelWeb, CurrentDirectory);
                  //dwnEachList(TopLevelWeb, FolderName, CurrentDirectory);
              }
          }
      }
  
      private void dwnEachList(SPWeb oWeb, string CurrentDirectory)
      {
          foreach (SPList oList in oWeb.Lists)
          {
              if (oList is SPDocumentLibrary &amp;&amp; !oList.Hidden)
              {
                  dwnEachFile(oList.RootFolder, CurrentDirectory);
              }
          }
      }
  
      private void dwnEachFile(SPFolder oFolder, string CurrentDirectory)
      {
          if (oFolder.Files.Count != 0)
          {
              CurrentDirectory = CurrentDirectory + "\\" + oFolder.Name;
              CreateFolder(CurrentDirectory);
              foreach (SPFile ofile in oFolder.Files)
              {
                  if (CreateDirectoryStructure(CurrentDirectory, ofile.Url))
                  {
                      var filepath = System.IO.Path.Combine(CurrentDirectory, ofile.Url);
                      byte[] binFile = ofile.OpenBinary();
                      System.IO.FileStream fstream = System.IO.File.Create(filepath);
                      fstream.Write(binFile, 0, binFile.Length);
                      fstream.Close();
                  }
              }
          }
      }
  
      //creating directory where files will be download        
      private bool CreateDirectoryStructure(string baseFolder, string filepath)
      {
          if (!Directory.Exists(baseFolder)) return false;
  
          var paths = filepath.Split('/');
  
          for (var i = 0; i &lt; paths.Length - 1; i++)
          {
              baseFolder = System.IO.Path.Combine(baseFolder, paths[i]);
              Directory.CreateDirectory(baseFolder);
          }
          return true;
      }
  
      //creating folders
      private bool CreateFolder(string CurrentDirectory)
      {
          if (!Directory.Exists(CurrentDirectory))
          {
              Directory.CreateDirectory(CurrentDirectory);
          }
          return true;
      }
  
      //shorting string
  
      #endregion
  </code></pre>