I am running my python code on Windows and trying to traverse and store all the file name with their paths in a file. But the Windows has a restriction of 260 characters.
os.chdir(self.config.Root_Directory_Path())
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
file_list.extend( join(root,f) for f in files )
file_name_sorted = sorted(file_list)
#file_sorted = sorted(file_list, key=getsize)
#time.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p" ,time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(file)))
f = open(self.config.Client_Local_Status(),'wb')
for file_name in file_name_sorted:
if (os.path.exists(file_name)):
#f.write((str(os.path.getmtime(file_name)) + "|" + file_name + "\n").encode('utf-8'))
pass
else:
print(file_name + "|" + str(len(file_name) + len(originalPath)) + "\n")
print(os.path.getmtime(file_name))
#f.write((str(os.path.getmtime(file_name)) + "|" + file_name + "\n").encode('utf-8'))
f.close()
Because of the error, os.path.getmtime(file_name) throws an exception file not found. How can I overcome this problem? I tried using //?/ character as prefix, as suggested in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx
But was not successful in using //?/ character.
I tried using os.path.getmtime("////?//" + file_name) #Threw an error invalid path
Please suggest a fix