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import platform
def windows_only(func):
if platform.system() != 'Windows':
return lambda *args, **kwargs: None
return func
@windows_only
def hide_file(path):
"""
Set the hidden attribute on a file or directory.
`path` must be text.
"""
import ctypes
__import__('ctypes.wintypes')
SetFileAttributes = ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetFileAttributesW
SetFileAttributes.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.LPWSTR, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD
SetFileAttributes.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x02
ret = SetFileAttributes(path, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
if not ret:
raise ctypes.WinError()