TypeError: _getfullpathname() argument 1 must be (buffer overflow), not str in windows xp, while making tarfile

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Ryniek90 wrote:
> Referring to my earlier posts:
> http://groups.google.pl/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/4e34f995800f5352?hl=pl 
> 
> 
> and
> 
> http://groups.google.pl/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/abf5573b8fceb37e?hl=pl# 
> 
> 
> I've dealt with those errors. but now have another.
> When my backup scripts starts to backup chosen file, python gave me 
> Traceback:
> 
> "
> C:\Users\Ryniek's WinSe7en\Documents\My 
> Dropbox\Aplikacje\Moje_aplikacje\Pythonowe_aplikacje\Skrypty>python ba
> ckuper.py -f F:\APLIKACJE\nowegg.exe F:\ MyGGBackup
> Checking permissions for reading and writing...
> Have permissions on [F:\APLIKACJE\nowegg.exe] for reading.
> Have permissions on [F:\] for writing.
> Preparing for backup [nowegg.exe]...
> Starting backup...
> Now adding [nowegg.exe]...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "backuper.py", line 197, in <module>
>    main_meth()
>  File "backuper.py", line 189, in main_meth
>    paq.backup_file(pars.options.filename[0], pars.options.filename[1], 
> pars.options.filename[2])
>  File "backuper.py", line 127, in backup_file
>    backup_obj.add(read_bin_obj)
>  File "E:\WinSe7en Apps\APLIKACJE\ActiveState Python 
> 2.6\lib\tarfile.py", line 1948, in add
>    if self.name is not None and os.path.abspath(name) == self.name:
>  File "E:\WinSe7en Apps\APLIKACJE\ActiveState Python 2.6\lib\ntpath.py", 
> line 458, in abspath
>    path = _getfullpathname(path)
> TypeError: _getfullpathname() argument 1 must be (buffer overflow), not str
> "
> 
> I've searched over google, but found only that is bug in Python ( 
> http://bugs.python.org/issue4071  - in that issue bug is inside Python 
> 2.5.2 - i've got ActiveState Active Python with core Python 2.6.2), and 
> another  info:   *http://tinyurl.com/lvyn7o  and 
> **http://tinyurl.com/kn49vk
> *
> 
> Here's my script code:
> *http://paste.ubuntu.com/259310/
> 
> *Shouldn't that bug be patched already  :-?
Are you giving it the contents of the file when it's actually expecting
the filename?