help with file path exceeding 255 characters

[Arnaud Delobelle]

yguan08 at gmail.com writes:

> I have trouble of obtaining the file size of a file because the
> fullpath exceeds 255 characters. I get this message with
> os.path.getsize(fullpath).
>
> fullpath = r"\\LOSSSFS002\NWE_TECHNICAL\05. UK\Schiehallion (204_25a)
> \Amos&Burke_P559\07. Technical (Subsurface)\06. Well Planning\Amos
> \Daily Reports\Wireline\final_204_25a_8z\204_25a_8z\Run_1A
> \HRLA_SP_DSI_PEX_HNGS_ECRD\ANCILLARY\Amos_204_25a-8Z_GR_to_surface_3-
> Mar-2008_DSI_HRLA_TLD_MCFL_047PUC.las"
>
> fsize = os.path.getsize(fullpath)
>
>
> WindowsError: [Error 206] The filename or extension is too long:
>
> The same thing with os.stat(fullpath).
>
> I tried using the relative path, but it does not work with the message
> fname not found.
>
> dir = os.path.dirname(fullpath)
> fname = os.path.basename(fullpath)
> os.chdir(dir)
> filesize = os.path.getsize(fname)
>
> Is there a walk around of this?

Disclaimer: I am not a Windows user

Might this help?  http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?p=2353

Alternately, use a better OS :-)

-- 
Arnaud