[issue9271] Python throws `IOError: [Errno 27] File too large' on long file names

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[issue9271] Python throws `IOError: [Errno 27] File too large' on long file names

Georg Brandl added the comment: In any case, the error message comes from the operating system, not from Python, and I don't think we should introduce special cases here. -- nosy: +georg.brandl resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> pending ___ Py

[issue9271] Python throws `IOError: [Errno 27] File too large' on long file names

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment: The file name is only 106 characters long, it's not too long. "[Errno 27] File too large" probably refers to a big file larger than 2Gb. Does your OS support large files? -- nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc ___ Pytho

[issue9271] Python throws `IOError: [Errno 27] File too large' on long file names

New submission from Jason Gross : On attempting to open files with sufficiently long file names, python throws IOError: [Errno 27] File too large. This is misleading, and perhaps should be relabeled as 'File name too long.' I have only tested this on unix with Python 2.5.2. This error was th