On Mar 11, 11:08 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > venutaurus...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello all, > > I am writing a python script which has to access deep paths > > then supported normally by the Windows OS (>255). So I am appending "\ > > \?\" to do so. But when I use the path in the above fashion with > > os.chdir() it is unable to recognize my folder and throwing an error: > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 31, in <module> > > renameStubs(file) > > File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 15, in renameStubs > > os.chdir (path) > > WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume > > label syntax is incorrect: '\\?\\C:\\TestDataSet\ > > \Many_Files_10000_1KB_FIles\\001_0009_1000 FILES\\' > > > The value of my path variable is > > \?\C:\TestDataSet\Many_Files_10000_1KB_FIles\001_0009_1000 FILES\ > > There need to be two backslashes at the beginning: > > \\?\C:\TEST.....FILES\ > > Note the double backslash before the question mark. > > TJG
I've another situation where os.chdir() function failed. Please find the traceback pasted below: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 29, in <module> renameStubs(file) File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 12, in renameStubs os.chdir (path) WindowsError: [Error 206] The filename or extension is too long: '\\?\ \C:\\TestDataSet\\DeepPaths\\DeepPathLevel01\\DeepPathLevel02\ \DeepPathLevel03\\DeepPathLevel04\\DeepPathLevel05\\DeepPathLevel06\ \DeepPathLevel07\\DeepPathLevel08\\DeepPathLevel09\\DeepPathLevel10\ \DeepPathLevel11\\DeepPathLevel12\\DeepPathLevel13\\DeepPathLevel14\ \DeepPathLevel15\\DeepPathLevel16\\' Thanks in advance, Venu Madhav. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list