from __future__ import annotations def get_short_path_name(long_name): """Gets the short path name of a given long path - http://stackoverflow.com/a/23598461/200291.""" import ctypes # noqa: PLC0415 from ctypes import wintypes # noqa: PLC0415 GetShortPathNameW = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW # noqa: N806 GetShortPathNameW.argtypes = [wintypes.LPCWSTR, wintypes.LPWSTR, wintypes.DWORD] GetShortPathNameW.restype = wintypes.DWORD 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 output_buf_size = needed __all__ = [ "get_short_path_name", ]