From 1e27a4d77fbb58732ad7735f06280655979d61e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Howe <d.howe@wrl.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 07:55:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for folder paths longer than 255 characters
 (Windows)

---
 major_projects_grabber/major_projects_grabber.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/major_projects_grabber/major_projects_grabber.py b/major_projects_grabber/major_projects_grabber.py
index 21e62ef..69f349b 100644
--- a/major_projects_grabber/major_projects_grabber.py
+++ b/major_projects_grabber/major_projects_grabber.py
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ def get_document_list(mod_id, output_dir):
 
     # Create modification folder
     mod_dir = os.path.join(output_dir, project_name, mod_name)
-    os.makedirs(mod_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(mod_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        # Fix destination path if longer than 255 characters (Windows only)
+        mod_dir = '\\\\?\\' + os.path.abspath(mod_dir)
+        os.makedirs(mod_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
     # Add note if no documents are found on portal
     if not folders: