win32api.GetShortPathName

string = GetShortPathName(path)

Obtains the short path form of the specified path.

Parameters

path : string/unicode

If a unicode object is passed, GetShortPathNameW will be called and a unicode object returned.

Comments

The short path name is an 8.3 compatible file name. As the input path does not need to be absolute, the returned name may be longer than the input path.

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