[issue18199] Windows: support path longer than 260 bytes using "\\?\" prefix

Steve Dower added the comment: Given that Windows 10 already supports this without us having to do the processing ourselves (see issue27731), I don't see us implementing this. -- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue18199] Windows: support path longer than 260 bytes using "\\?\" prefix

Eryk Sun added the comment: Apparently CoreFX adds the \\?\ prefix automatically: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jeremykuhne/2016/06/21/more-on-new-net-path-handling It's great that Windows 10 Anniversary Edition will be getting long path support without requiring the extended path prefix,

[issue18199] Windows: support path longer than 260 bytes using "\\?\" prefix

Steve Dower added the comment: Just as a data point, the .NET Framework's latest version removes all of their extra path processing and lets Win32 do the validation/normalization (that is, they used to do what we're considering, but now match our behaviour).

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Luisa added the comment: Long Path Tool is the perfect utility that can solve all the long path issues. It can help you remove blocked files or too long path files. You can easily fix file errors with this software. -- nosy: +luisa.sam...@gmail.com -Aaron.Meurer, Voo, daniel.ugra,

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Jens Diemer added the comment: I have made https://github.com/jedie/pathlib_revised to address this, see: https://github.com/jedie/pathlib_revised#windows-max_path The idea is to add a property (I call it 'extended_path') and this will add the \\?\ prefix on all absolute path under windows.

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Eryk Sun added the comment: > There is a problem with os.chdir(): It doesn't work with > \\?\ notation. The process current directory is part of the Windows API, so it's subject to the MAX_PATH limit [1]. See SetCurrentDirectory [2]. Python can't do anything about this. As to shutil.rmtree,

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Jens Diemer added the comment: I also with this problems. I have made a test script. There is a problem with os.chdir(): It doesn't work with \\?\ notation. And there is also a problem, if you use ``` import os import pathlib import tempfile with

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Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Well, the problem, as you point out, is that \\?\ only works with absolute paths, but the stdlib currently works with both absolute and relative paths. The only reasonable solution right now is to prepend the \\?\ prefix yourself (after having resolved the

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