Python - Windows maximum directory path length workaround

Question

The problem is the character limit for the path in windows when creating multiple directories using pythons os.makedirs()

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Answer 1

you need to use unc path and unicode filenames, but not all python functions are aware of this, os.mkdir works while os.makedirs not

import os

path = u'\\\\?\\c:\\'

for i in xrange(1000):
    path += u'subdir\\'
    os.mkdir(path)

but it's better to give also the code to remove them, windows explorer is unable to delete

import os

path = u'\\\\?\\c:\\'

for i in xrange(1000, 0, -1):
    try:
        os.rmdir(path + (u'subdir\\' * i))
    except:
        pass