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Subject: Re: windows and file names > 256 bytes
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:41:09 -0400
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:04:37 +0300, Joonas Liik <liik.joonas@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>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.
>
>So shouldn't it be possible to maniulate these files with extended names..
>
>I mean even if you had to use some special function to ask for long names
>it would still be better than no support at all.

	A single long filename is not a problem... It is the combined
path/filename that becomes a problem. And It is not just a problem with
Python -- I've had Windows copy command fail when run recursively for the
same situation; either the source or destination path/name combination
becomes too long to handle.

	One can "cd" down a few levels of the path, and then rename a directory
up to the root level -- then all subsequent paths are shorter.
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