[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
Tim Golden m...@timgolden.me.uk added the comment: Closing as won't fix: this would be the same if you had any code which tried to do os.mkdir (aux). By way of comparison, Info-ZIP's UnZip returns checkdir error: aux exists but is not directory which actually seems less useful! I don't believe it's the responsibility of the zipfile module (or tarfile or bz2 or any other) to silently reinterpret the names of files -- how would any code in the package expecting aux/code.c cope with the name change? -- assignee: - tim.golden resolution: - wont fix stage: - committed/rejected status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6609 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
Changes by Tim Golden m...@timgolden.me.uk: -- nosy: +tim.golden ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6609 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
Ezio Melotti ezio.melo...@gmail.com added the comment: See also #481171. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6609 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
Gabriel Genellina gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar added the comment: You're right, aux is a reserved name on Windows (like prn, con, and a few others). There is a way to force the OS to actually create such files, but not every tool can handle them correctly. If the zip file is intended to be Windows-compatible, it should not use such names; ask the project developers. -- nosy: +gagenellina ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6609 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
New submission from Sridhar Ratnakumar sridh...@activestate.com: The following exception occured when I tried to extract http:// sourceforge.net/projects/slut/files/slut/slut-0.9.0/slut-0.9.0.zip/ download using the zipfile module on Windows XP. C:\\HOME\\as\\pypm-infinitude\\scratch\\b\\slut-0.9.0.zip.work is 1) current working directory 2) directory where the zip file was stored, 3) directory where the extraction is to happen. [...] f.extractall() File C:\Python26\lib\zipfile.py, line 935, in extractall self.extract(zipinfo, path, pwd) File C:\Python26\lib\zipfile.py, line 923, in extract return self._extract_member(member, path, pwd) File C:\Python26\lib\zipfile.py, line 957, in _extract_member os.makedirs(upperdirs) File C:\Python26\lib\os.py, line 157, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) WindowsError: [Error 267] The directory name is invalid: 'C:\\HOME\\as\ \pypm-infinitude\\scratch\\b\\slut-0.9.0.zip.work\\slut-0.9\\aux' -- components: Library (Lib), Windows messages: 91116 nosy: srid severity: normal status: open title: zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6609 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
Sridhar Ratnakumar sridh...@activestate.com added the comment: Shortly following this exception, I tried to create the directory myself C:\... mkdir slut-0.9\aux The directory name is invalid. Curiously, I searched the internet for why a directory named 'aux' cannot be created anywhere on the Windows filesystem. The reason - this is a 'special' name: http://www.blindedbytech.com/2006/11/16/forbidden- file-and-folder-names-on-windows/ However, does this mean one can never create a directory named by these special names? Apparently .. that is what I think is the case. I cannot even create a folder named 'aux' using Windows explorer! -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6609 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
Sridhar Ratnakumar sridh...@activestate.com added the comment: Let's keep this open as these sort of errors should ideally by wrapped under ZipError, no? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6609 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
