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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/extractor/common.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/common.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py index 450c7dfd6..e8366f7f9 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py @@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ class InfoExtractor(object): raw_filename = basen + '.dump' filename = sanitize_filename(raw_filename, restricted=True) self.to_screen('Saving request to ' + filename) + # Working around MAX_PATH limitation on Windows (see + # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx) + if os.name == 'nt': + absfilepath = os.path.abspath(filename) + if len(absfilepath) > 259: + filename = '\\\\?\\' + absfilepath with open(filename, 'wb') as outf: outf.write(webpage_bytes) |