Fortify Translator severe error: specified path, file name, or both are too long

Question

While translating a C# solution with fortify 18.10 , on the Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017 , i get the following error on the sca.log :

[2019-11-26 11:10:21.078 Thread-16 SEVERE 1103] Translator execution failed. Please consult the Troubleshooting section of the User Manual. Translator returned status -2147024690:

DOTNET-DEBUG: Unhandled exception: 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.

The command issued is:

"C:\Program Files\Fortify\Fortify_SCA_and_Apps_18.10\bin\sourceanalyzer.exe" -b test-build-id-48df2a2423671960b5f911260f922c3a0e50807f devenv MySolution.sln /REBUILD debug

On the log, before the SEVERE message, only files way under 248 characters are handled.

Answer 1

The problem is that the build-id get concatenated to other file names, without any log of the file being outputted.

It's important to shorten the build identifier.

With the name test-48df2a2 source analyzer will complete the execution.