[ python-Bugs-1776160 ] Buffer overflow when listing deeply nested directory

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Bugs item #1776160, was opened at 2007-08-17 13:24
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Category: Windows
Group: Platform-specific
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Björn Lindqvist (sonderblade)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Buffer overflow when listing deeply nested directory

Initial Comment:
This code:

import os
import os.path
TARGET='C:/code/python/foo'
base = TARGET
for x in range(200):
    subdirs = os.listdir(base)
    base = os.path.join(base, subdirs[0])
    print base

Produces a TypeError (buffer overflow) when run on a to deeply nested directory for windows to handle:

.. more output here..
C:code/python/foo\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.p
ng\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png\foo bar.png
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "killdir.py", line 6, in <module>
    subdirs = os.listdir(base)
TypeError: listdir() argument 1 must be (buffer overflow), not str


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