Accessing long filesystem paths using Python

2022-11-04 Thread Fritjof Bornebusch
Hi, I need to write files whose path exceed the maximum value of 260 characters. Using Windows paths, you can add \\?\ as prefix, e.g., \\?\C:\Users\foo\bar\ However, it seems like this is not the case in Cygwin. When I use \\?\/home/foo/bar, I get no file pointer back. Does someone have a

RE: Accessing long filesystem paths using Python

2022-11-04 Thread Fritjof Bornebusch
Jep, No success. -Original Message- From: marco atzeri Sent: Friday, 4 November 2022 13:57 To: Fritjof Bornebusch Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Accessing long filesystem paths using Python On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 1:16 PM Fritjof Bornebusch wrote: > > Hi, > > I n