[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid

Tim Golden added the comment: Closing as "won't fix": this would be the same if you had any code which tried to do os.mkdir ("aux"). By way of comparison, Info-ZIP's UnZip returns "checkdir error: aux exists but is not directory" which actually seems less useful! I don't believe it's the res

[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid

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[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid

Gabriel Genellina added the comment: You're right, "aux" is a reserved name on Windows (like prn, con, and a few others). There is a way to force the OS to actually create such files, but not every tool can handle them correctly. If the zip file is intended to be Windows-compatible, it should

[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid

Ezio Melotti added the comment: See also #481171. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsu

[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid

Sridhar Ratnakumar added the comment: Let's keep this open as these sort of errors should ideally by wrapped under ZipError, no? -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid

Sridhar Ratnakumar added the comment: Shortly following this exception, I tried to create the directory myself C:\...> mkdir slut-0.9\aux The directory name is invalid. Curiously, I searched the internet for why a directory named 'aux' cannot be created anywhere on the Windows filesystem.

[issue6609] zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid

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