rename.py

import os

#counter=0
# traverse directory, and list directories as dirs and files as files
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
    path = root.split(os.sep)
    for file in files:
        #rename sub-files
        if len(path) > 3:
            i = 3
            new_name = ""
            while i < len(path):
                new_name += "(" + path[i] + ")"
                i += 1
                #to prevent hitting the filename + path character limit of the os
                if len(new_name)+len(file.lower()) > 180:
                    new_name += "---"
                    break
            new_name += file
            #print (len(path),"  ", new_name)
            #counter += 1
            try:
                os.rename(os.path.join(root,file), os.path.join(root,new_name))
            except WindowsError:
                continue
#print(counter)