Status and License
jaraco.windows
aims to provide a pure-python interface to Windows
APIs using ctypes. This package is not designed to be exhaustive, but
rather to supply interfaces as they are needed by the contributors.
jaraco.windows
is written by Jason R. Coombs. It is licensed under an
MIT-style permissive license.
Package Contents
jaraco.windows
contains several modules for different purposes. For now,
read the source. Eventually, I hope to put high-level descriptions of the modules
here.
Installation
You should install this module the normal way using pip or easy_install.
If you want to monkeypatch the os module to include symlink compatibility, you
should add the following to your usercustomize
or sitecustomize
module:
import jaraco.windows.filesystem as fs; fs.patch_os_module()
Thereafter, you should be able to use os.symlink
and os.readlink
in Windows
Vista and later using the same interface as on Unix.
Note that jaraco.windows.filesystem.symlink
takes an additional optional
parameter target_is_directory
, which must be specified if the target is not
present and is expected to be a directory once present.
Contribute
If jaraco.windows doesn't supply the interface you require for your application, consider creating the interface and providing a patch to the author.