[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz added the comment: Please let me know if you are able to reproduce this issue. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue46084> ___ ___

[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz added the comment: my c drive and h drive are both internal drives and I run the python script from my user directory on my c drive. Not sure if that makes any difference. Just trying to think of things that might help you reproduce and fix

[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz added the comment: when I run the following command: python "H:\Users\LindaJim\Documents\AWS Python Learning\test_dir_scan_dir.py" "C:\\" I get this output: ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "H:\Users\LindaJim\Documents\AWS Python Lear

[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz added the comment: the issue is with the scandir script, not the os_walk script. I tried to upload the scandir python script before, but I guess it didn't upload. When I was running the two scripts, I used an input of C:\\ as the input parameter. Hope that helps

[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz added the comment: do you have this registry entry set to 1: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled set to 1. It works if you do. What version of windows do you have? I have version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1387). I don't have windows 11

[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz added the comment: yes, I do. C:\Users\Jim\Documents\jschw_uiowtv3_old\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\nenlahapcbofgnanklpelkaejcehkggg\0.1.823.675_0\notifications\pages\Cashback\components\CashBackResolve\components\RewardsActivation\components

[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz added the comment: Here's the second file that works just fine under python 3.9 (by the way, I am using Windows 64-bit). I didn't test this on later python versions, however, nor did I test it on 32-bit versions. I see that many people on the internet have said to change

[issue46084] Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not

2021-12-15 Thread Jim Schwartz
New submission from Jim Schwartz : Python 3.9.6 scan_dir returns filenotfound on long paths, but os_walk does not. I've enclosed sample scripts that compare the two and have returned the results. the windows 10 registry entry to extend the path names fixes this issue (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE