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1import platform
2import ctypes
5def windows_only(func):
6 if platform.system() != 'Windows':
7 return lambda *args, **kwargs: None
8 return func
11@windows_only
12def hide_file(path):
13 """
14 Set the hidden attribute on a file or directory.
16 From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19622133/
18 `path` must be text.
19 """
20 __import__('ctypes.wintypes')
21 SetFileAttributes = ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetFileAttributesW
22 SetFileAttributes.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.LPWSTR, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD
23 SetFileAttributes.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL
25 FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x02
27 ret = SetFileAttributes(path, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
28 if not ret:
29 raise ctypes.WinError()