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Re: windows and file names > 256 bytes

Subject Re: windows and file names > 256 bytes
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From Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk>
Date 2015-06-25 13:34 +0100
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On 25/06/2015 13:04, Joonas Liik wrote:
> It sounds to me more like it is possible to use long file names on windows
> but it is a pain and in python, on windows it is basically impossible.

Certainly not impossible: you could write your own wrapper function:

def extended_path(p):
    return r"\\?\%s" % os.path.abspath(p)

where you knew that there was a possibility of long paths and that an
absolute path would work.

TJG

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Re: windows and file names > 256 bytes Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2015-06-25 13:34 +0100

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