From ac804743715bc3b9dff81dddd7cc30f9edb55067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 04:38:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] handle UNC paths (#2113)

---
 gallery_dl/path.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/path.py b/gallery_dl/path.py
index 12ce8ad8..9e9e9831 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/path.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/path.py
@@ -177,8 +177,11 @@ class PathFormat():
             self.directory = directory = self.basedirectory
 
         if WINDOWS:
-            # Enable longer-than-260-character paths on Windows
-            directory = "\\\\?\\" + os.path.abspath(directory)
+            # Enable longer-than-260-character paths
+            if directory.startswith("\\\\"):
+                directory = "\\\\?\\UNC\\" + directory[2:]
+            else:
+                directory = "\\\\?\\" + os.path.abspath(directory)
 
             # abspath() in Python 3.7+ removes trailing path separators (#402)
             if directory[-1] != sep: