Getting shortcut in python

Question

How to get short file path in windows using python?

I am using the following code,

#!/usr/bin/python import os import sys fileList = [] rootdir = sys.argv[1] for root, subFolders, files in os.walk(rootdir): for file in files: fileList.append(os.path.join(root,file)) for File in fileList: print File 

Answer 1

I think you are looking for this:

http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.5/pywin32/win32api__GetShortPathName_meth.html

For this, you will need the win32api module.

Also see this link: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2006-May/004697.html

Answer 2

 import win32api long_file_name='C:\Program Files\I am a file' short_file_name=win32api.GetShortPathName(long_file_name)