pragmatic v0.1.3 Pragmatic.Windows
Utility functions specifically for dealing with issues which arise when using Elixir on Windows.
Summary
Functions
Take a long Windows path or a path with spaces in it and return the 8.3 version of that name
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Functions
Take a long Windows path or a path with spaces in it and return the 8.3 version of that name
The function will throw a runtime error if you attempt to invoke it on a path that doesn’t exist. E. g.
Examples
iex> Pragmatic.Windows.get_short_name("c:/nosuchpath")
** (RuntimeError) The specified directory "c:/nosuchpath" does not exist
A runtime error will also be thrown if you attempt to run this function on a non-Windows OS.
Otherwise, you want to pass a directory using forward slashes as the path separator (yes, this does work on Windows)
iex> Pragmatic.Windows.get_short_name("c:/program files")
"c:/PROGRA~1"
iex> Pragmatic.Windows.get_short_name("c:/users")
"c:/Users"