[issue45013] os.path.isfile fails on path exactly 260 Chars long in Windows

Change by Steve Dower : -- resolution: -> third party stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-

[issue45013] os.path.isfile fails on path exactly 260 Chars long in Windows

Luke Rossi added the comment: What an annoying edge case - makes sense that there isn't an easy fix. The extended path prefix worked perfectly - thanks -- ___ Python tracker

[issue45013] os.path.isfile fails on path exactly 260 Chars long in Windows

Eryk Sun added the comment: The legacy maximum buffer size is 260 characters, but remember that strings in C are terminated by a null character (i.e. "\0"). So the maximum path length is actually 259 characters when opening files. In Windows 10 with Python 3.6+, you can enable the `LongPath

[issue45013] os.path.isfile fails on path exactly 260 Chars long in Windows

Luke Rossi added the comment: I saw 33105, but believe this to be a different issue as path length 260 is valid. I did testing by crafting a path that is exactly 260 by hand - A path 259 in length reports .isfile() as True. The Stack Error: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path speci

[issue45013] os.path.isfile fails on path exactly 260 Chars long in Windows

New submission from Luke Rossi : I saw 33105, but believe this to be a different issue as path length 260 is valid. I did testing by crafting a path that is exactly 260 by hand - A path 259 in length reports .isfile() as True. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 400341 nosy: serhi