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Author pitrou
Recipients Voo, brian.curtin, ezio.melotti, loewis, pitrou, serhiy.storchaka, tim.golden, vstinner
Date 2013-06-14.12:35:31
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Well, the problem, as you point out, is that "\\?\" only works with absolute paths, but the stdlib currently works with both absolute and relative paths.
The only reasonable solution right now is to prepend the "\\?\" prefix yourself (after having resolved the path to absolute).
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2013-06-14 12:35:31pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, loewis, vstinner, tim.golden, ezio.melotti, brian.curtin, Voo, serhiy.storchaka
2013-06-14 12:35:31pitrousetmessageid: <1371213331.47.0.838500547411.issue18199@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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