openmedialibrary/oml/win32utils.py
2016-04-14 22:51:48 +02:00

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import sys
if sys.platform == 'win32':
import ctypes
from ctypes import wintypes
_GetShortPathNameW = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW
_GetShortPathNameW.argtypes = [wintypes.LPCWSTR, wintypes.LPWSTR, wintypes.DWORD]
_GetShortPathNameW.restype = wintypes.DWORD
def get_short_path_name(long_name):
"""
Gets the short path name of a given long path.
http://stackoverflow.com/a/23598461/200291
"""
output_buf_size = 0
while True:
output_buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(output_buf_size)
needed = _GetShortPathNameW(long_name, output_buf, output_buf_size)
if output_buf_size >= needed:
return output_buf.value
else:
output_buf_size = needed
else:
def get_short_path_name(long_name):
return long_name