| import platform |
| |
| |
| def windows_only(func): |
| if platform.system() != 'Windows': |
| return lambda *args, **kwargs: None |
| return func |
| |
| |
| @windows_only |
| def hide_file(path): |
| """ |
| Set the hidden attribute on a file or directory. |
| |
| From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19622133/ |
| |
| `path` must be text. |
| """ |
| import ctypes |
| __import__('ctypes.wintypes') |
| SetFileAttributes = ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetFileAttributesW |
| SetFileAttributes.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.LPWSTR, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD |
| SetFileAttributes.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL |
| |
| FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x02 |
| |
| ret = SetFileAttributes(path, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN) |
| if not ret: |
| raise ctypes.WinError() |
