| Ticket UUID: | f6db6d1ec409ca399cabf528ad530e045e7d4b40 | ||
| Title: | glob raises an error with too long pathnames on windows | ||
| Type: | Bug | Created on: | 2022-05-17 17:27:04 |
| Submitter: | ralfixx | Assigned to: | nobody |
| Subsystem: | 36. Pathname Management | Severity: | Minor |
| Priority: | 5 Medium | Last modified: | 2026-05-22 11:11:26 |
| Status: | Closed | Closed by: | apnadkarni |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Closed on: | 2026-05-22 11:11:26 |
| Version: | 8.6.12 | ||
| Description: | ||||
tcl 8.6.12, Windows 10, with latest updates applied
Asking for long filename (which does not exist)
% glob -nocomplain [string repeat x 251]
Ok, empty list.
Adding a "*" makes the path name too long and glob err out
instead of returning an empty list:
% glob -nocomplain [string repeat x 251]*
couldn't read directory "C:/Users/ralf/AppData/Local/Temp/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*": no such file or directory
=> IMHO both commands should return an empty list, even if the second command hits
the MAX_PATH limit in Windows.
As an aside, on Linux I can do
% glob -nocomplain [string repeat x 1000000]
% glob -nocomplain [string repeat x 1000000]*
=> empty list each, no error, although trying to create that file also
returns an error since the file name is too long.
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| User Comments: | ||||
apnadkarni added on 2026-05-22 11:11:26:
Still present in 9.0.3. Fixed for 9.0.4 | ||||