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Module winpath

Functions for getting system/language/user dependent paths on windows.

All path names returned by the functions of this module are unicode strings.

From http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/473846/

Functions

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_substenv(m)

expandvars(s)
Expand environment variables of form %var%.

_get_reg_value(key, subkey, name)
Return registry value specified by key, subkey, and name.

_get_reg_user_value(key, name)
Return a windows registry value from the CURRENT_USER branch.

_get_reg_machine_value(key, name)
Return a windows registry value from the LOCAL_MACHINE branch.

get_appdata()
Return path of directory where apps should store user specific data.

get_common_shellfolders()
Return mapping of shell folder names (all users) to paths.

get_homedir()
Return path to user home directory, i.e.

get_sharedconf(prog, *args)
Return path to shared configuration data for 'prog' from 'vendor'.

get_shellfolders(branch=HKCU, key=SHELL_FOLDERS)
Return mapping of shell folder names (current user) to paths.

get_userconf(vendor, prog, *args)
Return path to user configuration data for 'prog' from 'vendor'.

get_windir()
Convenience function to get path to windows installation directory.

Variables

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__module__ = "winpaths"

__author__ = "Christopher Arndt"

__version__ = "0.1"

__revision__ = "$Rev: 122 $"

__date__ = "$Date$"

__copyright__ = "Python license"

SHELL_FOLDERS = r'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer...

USER_SHELL_FOLDERS = r'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer...

HKCU = _winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKLM = _winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

_env_rx = None
helper for pickle

Function Details

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_substenv(m)

None

expandvars(s)

Expand environment variables of form %var%.

Unknown variables are left unchanged.

_get_reg_value(key, subkey, name)

Return registry value specified by key, subkey, and name.

Environment variables in values of type REG_EXPAND_SZ are expanded if possible.

_get_reg_user_value(key, name)

Return a windows registry value from the CURRENT_USER branch.

_get_reg_machine_value(key, name)

Return a windows registry value from the LOCAL_MACHINE branch.

get_appdata()

Return path of directory where apps should store user specific data.

get_common_shellfolders()

Return mapping of shell folder names (all users) to paths.

get_homedir()

Return path to user home directory, i.e. 'My Files'.

get_sharedconf(prog, *args)

Return path to shared configuration data for 'prog' from 'vendor'.

Additional arguments are appended via os.path.join().

get_shellfolders(branch=HKCU, key=SHELL_FOLDERS)

Return mapping of shell folder names (current user) to paths.

get_userconf(vendor, prog, *args)

Return path to user configuration data for 'prog' from 'vendor'.

Additional arguments are appended via os.path.join(), e.g. use like this:

optionsfn = get_userconf("ACME Soft", "Exploder", "Options.xml")

get_windir()

Convenience function to get path to windows installation directory.

Variables Details

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module

None

Value:

"winpaths"

author

None

Value:

"Christopher Arndt"

version

None

Value:

"0.1"

revision

None

Value:

"$Rev: 122 $"

date

None

Value:

"$Date$"

copyright

None

Value:

"Python license"

SHELL_FOLDERS

None

Value:

r'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders'

USER_SHELL_FOLDERS

None

Value:

r'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folder
s'

HKCU

None

Value:

_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKLM

None

Value:

_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

_env_rx

helper for pickle

Value:

None