FileGetShortNameV2.au3

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Could also be named something like

_FileExGetShortName()

or something like that

I've been using this for ages and it makes my life so much easier.

So sharing it now.

DESCRIPTION:

1/ FileGetShortNameV2 is squizzing the path but leaves the filename intact.

=> eg. 'C:\DOCUME~1\PSZCZE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\AUTOIT~1\FILEGE~1\CRASHT~1\the_filaneme_is_the_original_one.txt'

So, for instance, if you write

Const $SOME_LONG_PATH_DIR = @DesktopDir
$filePath = $SOME_LONG_PATH_DIR & "\the_filaneme_is_the_original_one.txt"
FileWrite($filePath, "blabla")
$fileShortName = FileGetShortName($filePath)

;; (...) ;;
;; somewhere further in the code ;;
FileCopy($fileShortName, $fileShortName & ".back")

Your backup file will be saved as THE_FI~1.TXT.back instead of the_filaneme_is_the_original_one.txt.back...

Another example, would be UnZip(FileGetShortName($zipFile)) ... the unzipped folder will not look anything like the original one.

All this will not happen if you use FileGetShortNameV2 because the filenames are preserved (only the rest of the path is shrinked down).

2/ It doesn't crash when the path is too long.

(cf. and http://www.autoitscript.com/trac/autoit/ticket/1982)

3/ The cherry on the cake is that this function can help to write an entire UDF

and solve the issue http://www.autoitscript.com/trac/autoit/ticket/1795

FileGetShortNameV2.au3

FileGetShortNameV2_Demo.au3

Edited July 27, 2011 by Chess

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In the same way, DirRemove could be replaced by DirRemoveV2

it would only take a couple loops

using _FileGetListToArray

going down the hierarchy

and calling FileGetShortName all the way to never get screwed by a long path

and finally deleting from the leaves, up to the root directory

it s fairly simple but i can't be bothered for the moment XP

-- edit Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 7:11 PM, +0100 UTC

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;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Name .........: DirRemoveV3
; Description ..: Recursively, use short names
; Return .......: 1 if succeeded
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Func DirRemoveV3($pathToDelete, $isShortName = 0)

$res = 1
$shortPathToDelete = $pathToDelete
If Not $isShortName Then $shortPathToDelete = FileGetShortNameV2($pathToDelete)

; Is it really a directory?
If Not StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($shortPathToDelete), "D") Then
EasyTraceWarningLine("'" & $shortPathToDelete & "' IS NOT A DIRECTORY. SKIP.")
Return 0
EndIf

EasyTraceWriteLine("LISTING '" & $shortPathToDelete & "'...")
EasyTraceIndent()
$files = _FileListToArray($shortPathToDelete)
If Not @error Then
For $i = 1 To $files[0]
$fileName = $files[$i]
$filePath = $shortPathToDelete & "" & $fileName
$fileShortPath = FileGetShortNameV2($shortPathToDelete & "" & $fileName)
If StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($fileShortPath), "D") Then
$res = DirRemoveV3($fileShortPath, 1) ; Only recursion
If Not $res Then ExitLoop
Else
$res = FileDeleteV3($fileShortPath, 1) ; The actual delete
If Not $res Then ExitLoop
EndIf
Next
EndIf
EasyTraceUnindent()

If $res Then
; Wait for directory to be really empty
_FileListToArray($shortPathToDelete)
$totalWait = 0
While Not @error
Sleep(10)
$totalWait += 10
If $totalWait > 2000 Then ExitLoop
_FileListToArray($shortPathToDelete)
WEnd
; Try to delete the directoy (that should be empty by now)
EasyTraceWriteLine("DEL DIR '" & $shortPathToDelete & "'...")
If Not IsSet("DRY_RUN") Then $res = DirRemove($shortPathToDelete) ; The actual delete
If Not $res Then EasyTraceErrorLine("DEL DIR '" & $fileShortPath & "' FAILED.")
EndIf

Return $res

EndFunc

+ Using a couple helpers such as:

Func EasyTraceWrite($text)
If IsSet("TRACE_WRITE") Then ConsoleWrite(Eval("TRACE_WRITE_INDENT") & $text)
EndFunc

Func EasyTraceWriteLine($text)
Return EasyTraceWrite($text & @CRLF)
EndFunc

Func EasyTraceIndent()
Set_("TRACE_WRITE_INDENT", Eval("TRACE_WRITE_INDENT") & @TAB)
EndFunc

Func EasyTraceUnindent()
Set_("TRACE_WRITE_INDENT", StringTrimRight(Eval("TRACE_WRITE_INDENT"), 1))
EndFunc

Func EasyTraceInfoLine($text)
ConsoleWrite("+ INFO: " & $text & " +" & @CRLF)
EndFunc

Func EasyTraceWarningLine($text)
ConsoleWrite("- WARNING: " & $text & " -" & @CRLF)
EndFunc

Func EasyTraceErrorLine($text)
ConsoleWrite("! ERROR: " & $text & " !" & @CRLF)
EndFunc

and:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Name .........: FileDeleteV2
; Description ..:
; Return .......:
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Func FileDeleteV2($szPath, $isShortName = 0)
$szPath_short = $szPath
If Not $isShortName Then $szPath_short = FileGetShortNameV2($szPath)
Return FileDelete($szPath_short)
EndFunc ;==>FileDeleteV2

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Name .........: FileDeleteV3
; Description ..:
; Return .......:
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Func FileDeleteV3($szPath, $isShortName = 0)
$res = 1
EasyTraceWriteLine("DEL FILE '" & $szPath & "'...")
$szPathShort = $szPath
If Not $isShortName Then $szPathShort = FileGetShortNameV2($szPath)
If StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($szPathShort), "R") Then $res = FileSetAttrib($szPathShort, "-R")
If Not $res Then EasyTraceWarningLine("FAILED REMOVE READ ATTRIBUTE FROM '" & $szPathShort & "'!")
If Not IsSet("DRY_RUN") Then $res = FileDeleteV2($szPath, $isShortName)
If Not $res Then
EasyTraceInfoLine("RETRY DEL FILE '" & $szPath & "'.")
; Eventually retry
Assert(Not IsSet("DRY_RUN"), "DRY_RUN global variable should not be set at this stage.")
Sleep(10)
If FileExists($szPathShort) Then $res = FileDeleteV2($szPath, $isShortName)
; Failed again?
If Not $res Then EasyTraceErrorLine("DEL FILE '" & $szPath & "' FAILED.")
EndIf
Return $res
EndFunc

and:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Name .........: IsSet
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Func IsSet($varname)
$ret = 0
If IsDeclared($varname) Then
$varval = Eval($varname)
$ret = (IsString($varval) And ($varval <> "")) Or ($varval <> 0)
EndIf
Return $ret
EndFunc ;==>IsSet

Edited December 4, 2012 by Pinault