venutaurus...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello All, > I have a requirement where I've to access folders with > path lengths >255 ( Windows only supports 255). To do this I've > created junction points for the folders whose length is > 255. The problem is my python script is unable to recognize these junction points. > > As an example I've a junction point JC04 pointing to a folder > DeepPathLevel57which has path length around 700. When I do > > "cd E:\JunctionPaths\JC04\DeepPathLevel57" at command prompt, am able to access the folder. When I try to list the directories in that folder using os.listdir in python am getting the below error.
You shouldn't need to mess around with junction points; just recast your r"c:\very\long\...\path" as ur"\\?\c:\very\long\...path" and pass that into whatever function you're using. More info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx TJG -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
