On Mar 11, 6:41 pm, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > venutaurus...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Mar 11, 5:19 pm, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > >>> Here is my code snippet which you will be interested in: > >> Indeed. > > >>> file = ur'\\?\C:\\TestDataSet\DeepPaths > >>> \DeepPathLevel01\DeepPathLevel02\DeepPathLevel03\DeepPathLevel04\DeepPathLe > >>> > >>> vel05\DeepPathLevel06\DeepPathLevel07\DeepPathLevel08\DeepPathLevel09\DeepP > >>> > >>> athLevel10\DeepPathLevel11\DeepPathLevel12\DeepPathLevel13\DeepPathLevel14\ > >>> DeepPathLevel15\DeepPathLevel16\DeepPathLevel172.txt' > >> And what happens if you remove that second double-backslash, > >> the one between C: and TestDataSet? > > >> TJG > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- > > Even if I give the file path as below > > > file = ur'\\?\C:\TestDataSet\DeepPaths > > \DeepPathLevel01\DeepPathLevel02\DeepPathLevel03\DeepPathLevel04\DeepPathLe > > vel05\DeepPathLevel06\DeepPathLevel07\DeepPathLevel08\DeepPathLevel09\DeepP > > athLevel10\DeepPathLevel11\DeepPathLevel12\DeepPathLevel13\DeepPathLevel14\ > > DeepPathLevel15\DeepPathLevel16\DeepPathLevel172.txt' > > > I am still getting the exception: > > > 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: u'\\\ > > \?\\C:\\TestDataSet\\DeepPaths\\DeepPathLevel01\\DeepPathLevel02\ > > \DeepPathLevel03\\DeepPathLevel04\\DeepPathLevel05\\DeepPathLevel06\ > > \DeepPathLevel07\\DeepPathLevel08\\DeepPathLevel09\\DeepPathLevel10\ > > \DeepPathLevel11\\DeepPathLevel12\\DeepPathLevel13\\DeepPathLevel14\ > > \DeepPathLevel15\\DeepPathLevel16\\' > > Well, the source for os.chdir under Windows uses the Win32 > SetCurrentDirectoryW API as expected. What is not expected > is that the MS docs for that function: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365530(VS.85).aspx > > still seem to suggest that you can't exceed MAX_PATH (ie 260) > characters. And indeed, attempting to do a mkdir at the command > line of something longer than that will also fail. > > Hmmm.. maybe the usual advice for naming files \\?\... doesn't > apply to directory paths? > > Do you have an already existing full pathname that long? > > TJG
Yes Sir, My application demands me to create deep paths of (1023) long. I've cross checked it and the folder actually exists. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list