Cannot compile with lengthy name

Question

I am not sure if this is a limitation with Keil or Nordic SDK. I made another copy of ble_app_uart inside SDK_11 s130 and renamed it with a much longer name. I tested that if ble_app_uart is renamed with a longer name, say, ble_app_uart_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, the code cannot compile. Otherwise, code can compile successfully. 
 These are the errors; 
 
 ............\components\libraries\fstorage\fstorage.h(25):
error: #5: cannot open source input
file "section_vars.h": No such file or
directory #include "section_vars.h"
............\components\ble\ble_advertising\ble_advertising.c:
0 warnings, 1 error 
 ......\main.c(32): error: #5:
cannot open source input file
"softdevice_handler.h": No such file
or directory #include
"softdevice_handler.h"
......\main.c: 0 warnings, 1 error 
 ............\components\libraries\fstorage\fstorage.h(25):
error: #5: cannot open source input
file "section_vars.h": No such file or
directory #include "section_vars.h"
............\components\libraries\fstorage\fstorage.c:
0 warnings, 1 error 
 "no source": Error: #5: cannot open
source input file
"............\components\softdevice\common\softdevice_handler\softdevice_handler.c":
No such file or directory
............\components\softdevice\common\softdevice_handler\softdevice_handler.c:
0 warnings, 1 error

Øyvind Karlsen · Accepted Answer

Hi, 
 This is a known issue with windows when the names get too long. The way to circumvent this is by extracting the SDK by using a zip tool such as 7-zip that supports long paths. 
 Best regards, 
 Øyvind

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