Module t.p.win32

Win32 utilities.

See also twisted.python.shortcut.

Class	WindowsError	Stand-in for sometimes-builtin exception on platforms for which it
Function	getProgramsMenuPath	Get the path to the Programs menu.
Function	getProgramFilesPath	Get the path to the Program Files folder.
Function	cmdLineQuote	Internal method for quoting a single command-line argument.
Function	quoteArguments	Quote an iterable of command-line arguments for passing to CreateProcess or

def getProgramsMenuPath(): (source)

Get the path to the Programs menu.

Probably will break on non-US Windows.

Returns the filesystem location of the common Start Menu->Programs.

def getProgramFilesPath(): (source)

Get the path to the Program Files folder.

def cmdLineQuote(s): (source)

Internal method for quoting a single command-line argument.

Parameters	s	an unquoted string that you want to quote so that something that does cmd.exe-style unquoting will interpret it as a single argument, even if it contains spaces.
Returns	a quoted string.

def quoteArguments(arguments): (source)

Quote an iterable of command-line arguments for passing to CreateProcess or a similar API. This allows the list passed to reactor.spawnProcess to match the child process's sys.argv properly.

Parameters	arglist	an iterable of `str`, each unquoted.
Returns	a single string, with the given sequence quoted as necessary.

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