# ERROR: unexpected error - \[Errno 2\] No such file or directory:

**URL:** https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [November 6, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381 "2022-11-06T01:01:41Z")
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### Author: ![bdatko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dvc.org/bdatko/32/194_2.png) [@bdatko](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/bdatko)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/1 "2022-11-06T01:01:42Z")

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Hi all,

I ran into an `ERROR: unexpected error - [Errno 2] No such file or directory` from running `dvc run` on my stage in my `dvc.yaml`. I am running into a similar error when I try to do `dvc repro`. I am not sure how to debug the error.

> **Full stacktrace from \`dvc run --force -vvv ...\`**
>
> ```auto
> $ dvc run --force -vvv -n split_state_and_fed -d data/source -d split_state_and_fed.py -o data/fed/LabeledRegulations_Fed.csv -o data/state/LabeledRegulations_State.csv python split_state_and_fed.py split_state_and_fed --csv_path=data/source --output_state=data/state/LabeledRegulations_State.csv --output_fed=data/fed/LabeledRegulations_Fed.csv
> 2022-11-05 21:00:28,578 TRACE: Namespace(cprofile=False, yappi=False, yappi_separate_threads=False, viztracer=False, viztracer_depth=None, cprofile_dump=None, pdb=False, instrument=False, instrument_open=False, show_stack=False, quiet=0, verbose=3, version=None, cd='.', cmd='run', name='split_state_and_fed', file=None, single_stage=False, force=True, deps=['data/source', 'split_state_and_fed.py'], params=[], outs=['data/fed/LabeledRegulations_Fed.csv', 'data/state/LabeledRegulations_State.csv'], outs_no_cache=[], checkpoints=[], external=False, outs_persist=[], outs_persist_no_cache=[], metrics=[], metrics_no_cache=[], plots=[], plots_no_cache=[], live=None, live_no_cache=None, live_no_summary=False, live_no_html=False, wdir=None, always_changed=False, desc=None, command=['python', 'split_state_and_fed.py', 'split_state_and_fed', '--csv_path=data/source', '--output_state=data/state/LabeledRegulations_State.csv', '--output_fed=data/fed/LabeledRegulations_Fed.csv'], no_exec=False, no_commit=False, no_run_cache=False, func=<class 'dvc.commands.run.CmdRun'>, parser=DvcParser(prog='dvc', usage=None, description='Data Version Control', formatter_class=<class 'argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter'>, conflict_handler='error', add_help=False))
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,131 TRACE: params.yaml does not exist, it won't be used in parametrization
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,132 TRACE: Context during resolution of stage split_state_and_fed:
> {}
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,133 DEBUG: Lockfile for 'dvc.yaml' not found
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,139 TRACE: 41.75 ms in collecting stages from C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,147 TRACE: 7.54 ms in collecting stages from C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa\data
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,150 TRACE: 958.90 mks in collecting stages from C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa\src
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,152 TRACE: 12.30 mks in collecting stages from C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa\src\tracker_healthcare_qa
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,154 TRACE: 17.80 mks in collecting stages from C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa\tests
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,336 TRACE: params.yaml does not exist, it won't be used in parametrization
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,336 TRACE: Context during resolution of stage split_state_and_fed:
> {}
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,338 DEBUG: Lockfile for 'dvc.yaml' not found
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,348 DEBUG: Removing output 'data\fed\LabeledRegulations_Fed.csv' of stage: 'split_state_and_fed'.
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,349 DEBUG: Removing 'C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa\data\fed\LabeledRegulations_Fed.csv'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,350 DEBUG: Removing output 'data\state\LabeledRegulations_State.csv' of stage: 'split_state_and_fed'.
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,352 DEBUG: Removing 'C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa\data\state\LabeledRegulations_State.csv'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,371 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,378 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,379 DEBUG: {'data\\source': 'modified'}
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,387 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,398 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:29,424 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> Running stage 'split_state_and_fed':
> > python split_state_and_fed.py split_state_and_fed --csv_path=data/source --output_state=data/state/LabeledRegulations_State.csv --output_fed=data/fed/LabeledRegulations_Fed.csv
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,363 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,400 DEBUG: Computed stage: 'split_state_and_fed' md5: 'bfb841b6a7ea23cf95f75c8b2a8e7ea3'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,406 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,412 DEBUG: built tree 'object 24fdb62da3d871204e3c29da681a9939.dir'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,440 ERROR: unexpected error - [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\bd122850\\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\\Documents\\projects\\reports\\tracker_healthcare_qa\\.dvc\\cache\\runs\\5c\\5cfa45a43abf76c684266397388c048a50ede05c4e0ed9d7ccb8107c1ee70601\\e0d88e8d4dd7e19c58922c66af34a089d91cd70f419cbb28773bd22b72e5f967.hAv7gnwFPvcZY9cUZGJiHN'
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\shutil.py", line 825, in move
> os.rename(src, real_dst)
> FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Users\\bd122850\\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\\Documents\\projects\\reports\\tracker_healthcare_qa\\.dvc\\cache\\runs\\5c\\5cfa45a43abf76c684266397388c048a50ede05c4e0ed9d7ccb8107c1ee70601\\tmpiy81j0vt' -> 'C:\\Users\\bd122850\\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\\Documents\\projects\\reports\\tracker_healthcare_qa\\.dvc\\cache\\runs\\5c\\5cfa45a43abf76c684266397388c048a50ede05c4e0ed9d7ccb8107c1ee70601\\e0d88e8d4dd7e19c58922c66af34a089d91cd70f419cbb28773bd22b72e5f967.hAv7gnwFPvcZY9cUZGJiHN'
> 
> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\cli\ __init__.py", line 185, in main
> ret = cmd.do_run()
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\cli\command.py", line 22, in do_run
> return self.run()
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\commands\run.py", line 47, in run
> self.repo.run(**kwargs)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\repo\ __init__.py", line 48, in wrapper
> return f(repo, *args, **kwargs)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\repo\scm_context.py", line 156, in run
> return method(repo, *args, **kw)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\repo\run.py", line 33, in run
> stage.run(no_commit=no_commit, run_cache=run_cache)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\funcy\decorators.py", line 45, in wrapper
> return deco(call, *dargs, **dkwargs)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\stage\decorators.py", line 43, in rwlocked
> return call()
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\funcy\decorators.py", line 66, in __call__
> return self._func(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\stage\ __init__.py", line 574, in run
> self.save(allow_missing=allow_missing)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\stage\ __init__.py", line 486, in save
> self.repo.stage_cache.save(self)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc\stage\cache.py", line 181, in save
> self.repo.odb.local.move(tmp, path)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc_data\hashfile\db\local.py", line 34, in move
> super().move(from_info, to_info)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc_objects\db.py", line 91, in move
> self.fs.move(from_info, to_info)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc_objects\fs\base.py", line 371, in mv
> self.fs.mv(from_info, to_info)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc_objects\fs\local.py", line 107, in mv
> move(path1, path2)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\site-packages\dvc_objects\fs\utils.py", line 64, in move
> shutil.move(src, tmp)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\shutil.py", line 845, in move
> copy_function(src, real_dst)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\shutil.py", line 444, in copy2
> copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
> File "C:\Users\bd122850\Anaconda3\envs\tracker_healthcare_qa\lib\shutil.py", line 266, in copyfile
> with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
> FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\bd122850\\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\\Documents\\projects\\reports\\tracker_healthcare_qa\\.dvc\\cache\\runs\\5c\\5cfa45a43abf76c684266397388c048a50ede05c4e0ed9d7ccb8107c1ee70601\\e0d88e8d4dd7e19c58922c66af34a089d91cd70f419cbb28773bd22b72e5f967.hAv7gnwFPvcZY9cUZGJiHN'
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,798 DEBUG: link type reflink is not available ([Errno 129] no more link types left to try out)
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,798 DEBUG: Removing 'C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\.69MpunVkddMa4TZdFpmKaC.tmp'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,800 DEBUG: Removing 'C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\.69MpunVkddMa4TZdFpmKaC.tmp'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,803 DEBUG: link type symlink is not available ([WinError 1314] A required privilege is not held by the client: 'C:/Users/bd122850/OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc/Documents/projects/reports/tracker_healthcare_qa/.dvc/cache/.ZBKsiaxpxhhyMox828VWLX.tmp' -> 'C:/Users/bd122850/OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc/Documents/projects/reports/.69MpunVkddMa4TZdFpmKaC.tmp')
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,803 DEBUG: Removing 'C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\.69MpunVkddMa4TZdFpmKaC.tmp'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,804 DEBUG: Removing 'C:\Users\bd122850\OneDrive - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc\Documents\projects\reports\tracker_healthcare_qa\.dvc\cache\.ZBKsiaxpxhhyMox828VWLX.tmp'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,854 DEBUG: Version info for developers:
> DVC version: 2.33.2 (pip)
> ---------------------------------
> Platform: Python 3.9.13 on Windows-10-10.0.19043-SP0
> Subprojects:
> dvc_data = 0.25.2
> dvc_objects = 0.12.2
> dvc_render = 0.0.12
> dvc_task = 0.1.4
> dvclive = 1.0
> scmrepo = 0.1.3
> Supports:
> http (aiohttp = 3.8.3, aiohttp-retry = 2.8.3),
> https (aiohttp = 3.8.3, aiohttp-retry = 2.8.3)
> Cache types: hardlink
> Cache directory: NTFS on C:\
> Caches: local
> Remotes: local
> Workspace directory: NTFS on C:\
> Repo: dvc, git
> 
> Having any troubles? Hit us up at https://dvc.org/support, we are always happy to help!
> 2022-11-05 21:00:33,868 DEBUG: Analytics is enabled.
> 2022-11-05 21:00:34,127 DEBUG: Trying to spawn '['daemon', '-q', 'analytics', 'C:\\Users\\bd122850\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpsxs91nti']'
> 2022-11-05 21:00:34,157 DEBUG: Spawned '['daemon', '-q', 'analytics', 'C:\\Users\\bd122850\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpsxs91nti']'
> 
> ```

DVC doctor output:

```auto
DVC version: 2.33.2 (pip)
---------------------------------
Platform: Python 3.9.13 on Windows-10-10.0.19043-SP0
Subprojects:
        dvc_data = 0.25.2
        dvc_objects = 0.12.2
        dvc_render = 0.0.12
        dvc_task = 0.1.4
        dvclive = 1.0
        scmrepo = 0.1.3
Supports:
        http (aiohttp = 3.8.3, aiohttp-retry = 2.8.3),
        https (aiohttp = 3.8.3, aiohttp-retry = 2.8.3)
Cache types: hardlink
Cache directory: NTFS on C:\
Caches: local
Remotes: local
Workspace directory: NTFS on C:\
Repo: dvc, git

```

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### Author: ![bdatko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dvc.org/bdatko/32/194_2.png) [@bdatko](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/bdatko)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/2 "2022-11-07T14:03:59Z")

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Working through stack traces on the discord channel. Answering the question about if the parent directory is being created:

1. The parent directory in the path for the python command used in the stage of the DVC yaml is present. The python script does not produce any error and I see the expected output
2. The parent directory `5373a268696130b39cc91eb0a84fc6aa3d319c5f5457738204f311227a48d67b.fBqeujqRpR6mBP8JnoCst7` mentioned in the stack trace does not exist. Here is the full path: `.dvc\\cache\\runs\\61\\6110fe992548e0f3a21a5db003fb5dad206d04196519039f39ff70f58540c9d7\\5373a268696130b39cc91eb0a84fc6aa3d319c5f5457738204f311227a48d67b.fBqeujqRpR6mBP8JnoCst7'`

Below is a screenshot of the project directory highlighting the missing parent.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/dataversioncontrol/original/1X/bcdaf7ba8eb86baa80cc06f5dc1659ee171a246b.png)

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### Author: ![skshetry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@skshetry](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/skshetry)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/3 "2022-11-07T14:16:34Z")

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Thanks. The last part in the path is a file which will be created when `open()` succeeds.

What happens if you try in python REPL yourself with the following command?

```auto
with open("<path>", mode="wb") as fdst:
    pass

```

Does that above work?

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### Author: ![skshetry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@skshetry](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/skshetry)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/4 "2022-11-07T14:25:50Z")

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Okay, I wonder if this is due to long path issue.  
Could you please enable long path? See this guide:  
[https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/how-to/run-dvc-on-windows#enable-long-folderfile-paths](https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/how-to/run-dvc-on-windows#enable-long-folderfile-paths).

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### Author: ![bdatko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dvc.org/bdatko/32/194_2.png) [@bdatko](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/bdatko)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/5 "2022-11-07T14:29:34Z")

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> Okay, I wonder if this is due to long path issue.  
> Could you please enable long path? See this guide:

It could be this, but I don’t have admin rights to edit the group policy on my machine.

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### Author: ![bdatko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dvc.org/bdatko/32/194_2.png) [@bdatko](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/bdatko)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/6 "2022-11-07T14:31:21Z")

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The specified path in stack traces ends with a directory that is not there, but I try:

```python
with open("<path>", mode="wb") as fdst:
    pass

```

Where `<path>` is the parent of the file missing within the project directory, I get a `PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:`

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### Author: ![bdatko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dvc.org/bdatko/32/194_2.png) [@bdatko](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/bdatko)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/7 "2022-11-08T17:55:23Z")

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I wasn’t able to verify if the long path issue was the exact reason, but I moved the project out my OneDrive folder into another directory. This fixed the `ERROR: unexpected error - [Errno 2] No such file or directory` when running `dvc repro`

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### Author: ![stevejonn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@stevejonn](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/stevejonn)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/8 "2023-04-26T22:18:26Z")

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By specifying the name of a file as “filename.ext” when opening it with the open() function, you are indicating that the file is located in the current working directory. This type of file path is referred to as a relative path.

`file = open('filename.ext') //relative path`

In the above code, you are not giving the full path to a file to the open() function, just its name - a relative path. The error “FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] [No such file or directory](https://net-informations.com/python/err/path.htm)” is telling you that there is no file of that name in the working directory. So, try using the exact, or absolute path.

`file = open(r'C:\path\to\your\filename.ext') //absolute path`

In the above code, all of the information needed to locate the file is contained in the path string - absolute path.

If the user fails to provide a full path to the file (which, on Unix-like systems, means a path starting with a slash), Python interprets the file path relatively to the current working directory. Typically, the current working directory is the directory where the program was launched from. For this to work correctly, the directory containing the Python executable must be listed in the PATH environment variable, which contains a set of directories that the system searches when searching for executable files. Regardless, if your Python script file and the input data file are not located in the same directory, you will need to specify either a relative path between them or use an absolute path for one of the files.

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### Author: ![jackyflint](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dvc.org/jackyflint/32/403_2.png) [@jackyflint](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/jackyflint)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381/9 "2026-05-19T13:40:42Z")

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LongPathTool fixes errors triggered when OneDrive project locations create overly deep path structures