Problem with os.chdir()

[venutaurus539 at gmail.com]

On Mar 11, 7:17 pm, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> venutaurus... at gmail.com wrote:
> > On Mar 11, 6:41 pm, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> >> venutaurus... at gmail.com wrote:
> >>> On Mar 11, 5:19 pm, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> >>>>> Here is my code snippet which you will be interested in:
> >>>> Indeed.
> >>>>> file = ur'\\?\C:\\TestDataSet\DeepPaths
> >>>>> \DeepPathLevel01\DeepPathLevel02\DeepPathLevel03\DeepPathLevel04\DeepPathLe vel05\DeepPathLevel06\DeepPathLevel07\DeepPathLevel08\DeepPathLevel09\DeepP athLevel10\DeepPathLevel11\DeepPathLevel12\DeepPathLevel13\DeepPathLevel14\ DeepPathLevel15\DeepPathLevel16\DeepPathLevel172.txt'
> >>>> And what happens if you remove that second double-backslash,
> >>>> the one between C: and TestDataSet?
> >>>> TJG
> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------
> >>> Even if I give the file path as below
> >>> file = ur'\\?\C:\TestDataSet\DeepPaths
> >>> \DeepPathLevel01\DeepPathLevel02\DeepPathLevel03\DeepPathLevel04\DeepPathLe vel05\DeepPathLevel06\DeepPathLevel07\DeepPathLevel08\DeepPathLevel09\DeepP athLevel10\DeepPathLevel11\DeepPathLevel12\DeepPathLevel13\DeepPathLevel14\ DeepPathLevel15\DeepPathLevel16\DeepPathLevel172.txt'
> >>> I am still getting the exception:
> >>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>>   File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 29, in <module>
> >>>     renameStubs(file)
> >>>   File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 12, in renameStubs
> >>>     os.chdir (path)
> >>> WindowsError: [Error 206] The filename or extension is too long: u'\\\
> >>> \?\\C:\\TestDataSet\\DeepPaths\\DeepPathLevel01\\DeepPathLevel02\
> >>> \DeepPathLevel03\\DeepPathLevel04\\DeepPathLevel05\\DeepPathLevel06\
> >>> \DeepPathLevel07\\DeepPathLevel08\\DeepPathLevel09\\DeepPathLevel10\
> >>> \DeepPathLevel11\\DeepPathLevel12\\DeepPathLevel13\\DeepPathLevel14\
> >>> \DeepPathLevel15\\DeepPathLevel16\\'
> >> Well, the source for os.chdir under Windows uses the Win32
> >> SetCurrentDirectoryW API as expected. What is not expected
> >> is that the MS docs for that function:
>
> >>  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365530(VS.85).aspx
>
> >> still seem to suggest that you can't exceed MAX_PATH (ie 260)
> >> characters. And indeed, attempting to do a mkdir at the command
> >> line of something longer than that will also fail.
>
> >> Hmmm.. maybe the usual advice for naming files \\?\... doesn't
> >> apply to directory paths?
>
> >> Do you have an already existing full pathname that long?
>
> >> TJG
>
> > Yes Sir,
> >       My application demands me to create deep paths of (1023) long.
> > I've cross checked it and the folder actually exists.
>
> Well, a little bit of experimentation shows that you can
> *create* paths this deep (say, with os.mkdir). But you
> can't actually set the current directory to it. So the
> next question is: do you actually need to be *in* that
> directory, rather than simply to reference it?
>
> In other words, you can do this (assuming you have a c:\temp):
>
> <code>
> import os
> for i in range (1, 15):
>   os.mkdir (ur"\\?\c:\temp\%s" % "\\".join (100 * "c" for j in range (i)))
>
> </code>
>
> But you can't then os.chdir to it. You're hitting the limits of
> the OS. Try accessing files directly within the structure
> you're using. (ie without chdir-ing there first).
>
> TJG

Sir,
   My application has to rename a file in that folder.For that I had
to do a os.chdir() to that folder. Otherwise if I do a os.rename
(deeppath\file1,file2), it is creating a new file in the current
working directory with the new name and leaving the original file as
it is which is not intended :-(. So, can you suggest me any work
around for this?

Thank you
Venu.