Problem with os.chdir()

[venutaurus539 at gmail.com]

On Mar 11, 11:08 am, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> venutaurus... at gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >            I am writing a python script which has to access deep paths
> > then supported normally by the Windows OS (>255). So I am appending "\
> > \?\" to do so. But when I use the path in the above fashion with
> > os.chdir() it is unable to recognize my folder and throwing an error:
>
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 31, in <module>
> >     renameStubs(file)
> >   File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 15, in renameStubs
> >     os.chdir (path)
> > WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume
> > label syntax is incorrect: '\\?\\C:\\TestDataSet\
> > \Many_Files_10000_1KB_FIles\\001_0009_1000 FILES\\'
>
> > The value of my path variable is
> > \?\C:\TestDataSet\Many_Files_10000_1KB_FIles\001_0009_1000 FILES\
>
> There need to be two backslashes at the beginning:
>
> \\?\C:\TEST.....FILES\
>
> Note the double backslash before the question mark.
>
> TJG

I've another situation where os.chdir() function failed. Please find
the traceback pasted below:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 29, in <module>
    renameStubs(file)
  File "C:\JPDump\test.py", line 12, in renameStubs
    os.chdir (path)
WindowsError: [Error 206] The filename or extension is too long: '\\?\
\C:\\TestDataSet\\DeepPaths\\DeepPathLevel01\\DeepPathLevel02\
\DeepPathLevel03\\DeepPathLevel04\\DeepPathLevel05\\DeepPathLevel06\
\DeepPathLevel07\\DeepPathLevel08\\DeepPathLevel09\\DeepPathLevel10\
\DeepPathLevel11\\DeepPathLevel12\\DeepPathLevel13\\DeepPathLevel14\
\DeepPathLevel15\\DeepPathLevel16\\'

Thanks in advance,
Venu Madhav.