Stefan Krah <stefan-use...@bytereef.org> added the comment: Terry J. Reedy <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: > mkdir: 242 > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Programs\Python31\misc\t1.py", line 14, in <module> > os.mkdir(s) > WindowsError: [Error 206] The filename or extension is too long: > 'C:\\Programs\\Python31\\misc\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab\\aaaaab'
On Windows MAX_PATH seems to be 260 characters: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9246> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com