shorten path to files

[A.T.Hofkamp]

On 2008-06-27, cesco <fd.calabrese at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to retrieve the content of some files which are placed on a
> network drive so in order to open them I need the full path to the
> file.
> Unfortunately some times the path is longer than 256 characters and in
> Windows such a path is too long with the result that the file is not
> found (though it is there).
>
> Is there any way around this?

>From your description, it sounds like a OS problem, and not a Python problem.
You may have better luck if you ask in a Win* newsgroup.

Albert