long path udpates

.gitignore

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ input.txt
 .gitignore
 *.mkv
 long_path_test.py
+__pycache__/

long_path_test.py

@@ -26,36 +26,18 @@ print("printing original: ", originalfiles)
 
 joined = (' '.join(originalfiles))
 print("printing joined: ", joined)
+re.sub (' +', ' ', joined)
+print("duble spaces removed? :", joined)
 listed = re.split(r'([A-Z]:.+?)(?=[A-Z]:)', joined)
 listed = list(filter(None, listed))
 
 
 print("printing listed: ", listed)
 
-sym_target = "E:/Projects/python/ffmpeg_collection/temp/test/"
-sym_location = os.path.split(listed[0])
-print("sym locations: ", sym_location)
-
-#os.symlink(sym_location[0], sym_target ,target_is_directory=True)
-#sym_list = []
-#for each in listed:
-#    r = tuple(os.path.split(each))
-#    name = tuple(r[1])
-#    print("printing R", r[1])
-#    path_used = tuple(sym_target)
-#    print(type(name))
-#    print(type(path_used))
-#    join_before = (''.join(path_used + name ))
-#    sym_list.append(join_before)
-#    print("printing symlist: ", sym_list)
-
-
-
 
 #get path of script location and remove the tail
 head_tail = os.path.split(sys.argv[0])
 output_path = head_tail[0]
-del sys.argv[0]
 
 #check if output folder exists, otherwise create it
 isExist = os.path.exists(output_path+output_folder_name)
@@ -90,7 +72,7 @@ audio_track = "".join(" -map 0:a:{}".format(y) for y in x)
 z = (int(z) for z in input ("Enter subtitle tracks to keep: ").split())
 subtitle_track = "".join(" -map 0:s:{}".format(y) for y in z)
 
-for file in sym_list:
+for file in listed:
  
     basename = os.path.basename(file)