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On 3/10/2024 6:17 AM, Barry wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 8 Mar 2024, at 23:19, Thomas Passin via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:
>>
>> We just learned a few posts back that it might be specific to Linux; I ran it on Windows.
> 
> Depending on the exact win32 api used there is a 257 limit on windows.
> The 257 includes 2 for the device, C:, and 255 for the path part that will use 1 for the leading \. Getting an error for a name that is 255 is not surprising.
> 
> Other api allow for 65535 limit, not sure on its additional limits.

I seem to remember there is a setting to allow longer paths, but I 
forget any details.