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Windows uses case-insensitive file names, so I can open the same file with any of these:
r"c:\windows\system32\desktop.ini" r"C:\WINdows\System32\DESKTOP.ini" r"C:\WiNdOwS\SyStEm32\DeSkToP.iNi" etc. Given any of these paths, how can I find the true case? I want them all to produce:
r"C:\Windows\System32\desktop.ini" os.path.normcase doesn't do it, it simply lowercases everything. os.path.abspath returns an absolute path, but each of these is already absolute, and so it doesn't change any of them. os.path.realpath is only used to resolve symbolic links, which Windows doesn't have, so it's the same as abspath on Windows.
Is there a straightforward way to do this?
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In order to obtain the Current Working Directory in Python, use the os. getcwd() method. This function of the Python OS module returns the string containing the absolute path to the current working directory.
Run it with the python (or python3 ) command. You can get the absolute path of the current working directory with os. getcwd() and the path specified with the python3 command with __file__ . In Python 3.8 and earlier, the path specified by the python (or python3 ) command is stored in __file__ .
Ned's GetLongPathName answer doesn't quite work (at least not for me). You need to call GetLongPathName on the return value of GetShortPathname. Using pywin32 for brevity (a ctypes solution would look similar to Ned's):
>>> win32api.GetLongPathName(win32api.GetShortPathName('stopservices.vbs')) 'StopServices.vbs' If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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