[sync-services-developers] Crazily long filename in ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/clientdata

[Martin Redington]

One of my users is reporting the error message below appearing in their logs.

Basically, the Sync Framework seems to be trying to create a file with
a crazily long filename in ~/Library/Application
Support/SyncServices/Local/clientdata

The first filename below is 262 chars.

Looking in my own ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/clientdata
I can see a dozen or so files with similar names
(0063006f006d002e006d0 ...), running in length from 66 to 202 chars in
length.

The user is running Tiger Server, but I'm not sure if this is a factor
or not. I haven't had any other similar reports from anyone else (I
think I'm up to a hundred or so users at this point, but very few of
them, if any, will be running OS X Server).

Has anyone else seen anything like this?

    cheers,
            Martin


2005-11-06 01:31:57.614 MySync[602] exception while performing
selector
registerClientWithIdentifier:description:descriptionFilePath: on
server: NSInvalidArgumentException [NOTE: this exception originated
in the server.]
can't create directory /Users/SOMEUSER/Library/Application Support/
SyncServices/Local/clientdata/
0063006f006d002e006d0069006c0064006d0061006e006e0065007200650064006a0061
006e00690074006f0072002e004d007900530079006e0063002e00720065006500630065
004000720065006500630065002d0061006e0064006500720073006f006e0073002d0070
006f0077006500720062006f006f006b002d00670034002d00310035: File name
too long
2005-11-06 01:31:57.618 MySync[602] [syncThread] Controller Uncaught
Exception: [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.]
can't create directory /Users/SOMEUSER/Library/Application Support/
SyncServices/Local/clientdata/
0063006f006d002e006d0069006c0064006d0061006e006e0065007200650064006a0061
006e00690074006f0072002e004d007900530079006e0063002e00720065006500630065
004000720065006500630065002d0061006e0064006500720073006f006e0073002d0070
006f0077006500720062006f006f006b002d00670034002d00310035: File name
too long