python patool and too long names issue under windows?

[migube]

special characters like accents in folder names inside archive seems to give
patoolib.extract_archive(self.input_filename, outdir=extracted_dir, interactive=False)
...
Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.12_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python312\site-packages\patoolib\programs\py_zipfile.py", line 51, in extract_zip
raise util.PatoolError(f"error extracting {archive}") from err

[wummel]

What version of patool are you using? Try patool version 3.0.3 which fixes errors with special characters on windows systems.
And please post the complete error message using the "-v" verbose option.

[migube]

hi
python.3.12_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python312\site-packages (3.0.3)
let me see how to put verbose on python patool options :)

[migube]

ok I played a bit changing the archive name to shorte name works, is it because total lenght of arch name, folder, file is too long?
tried verbosity=1 but not sure I see much more...

[migube]

ok so the same file in same folder does work on Linux, will try to move thhe file to c:\ see it if shortens... or other issue

[migube]

actuually the error is displayed ....
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 206] The filename or extension is too long:

[wummel]

This looks like a limitation of the zipfile module. Do you get the same error when installing 7-zip and using this instead of the python zipfile module?

[harkabeeparolus]

In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters.