This was answered some time ago by Tim Peters.
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Thomas Heller
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----- Original Message -----
From: <mark.mcmahon@eur.autodesk.com>
To: <python-list@python.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 1:32 PM
Subject: Getting "Short" filenames inWindows
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Is there some simple way to get the short path name
> from the long one in Windows.
>
> os.path, dospath and ntpath files do not seem to
> allow one to access the short name easily.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
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