Get Short Name of Path

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Get the short name of any given path, I have already tried this using the below code but it gives same short path as long path.

CString sFilePath = _T("D:\\kn");
TCHAR szFilePath[100] = {0};
GetShortPathName(sFilePath, szFilePath, sizeof(szFilePath));
printf("%s\n", sFilePath);
printf("%s", szFilePath);

Posted 4-Dec-14 17:31pm

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PIEBALDconsult 4-Dec-14 23:36pm

Are you sure there is a short name?

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chandanadhikari · Answer 1 · 2014-12-04T19:06:00

hi,
Short paths are preferred not only when the path is lengthy but also when it has spaces in between like : C:\Temp\New Folder . So here the short path will be something like C:\Temp\New~1.

You are not testing with the correct path. Try with with some long path name or give a space in between .

hope this helps.

Jochen Arndt · Answer 2 · 2014-12-04T20:49:00

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From MSDN GetShortPathName[^]:

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If the specified path is already in its short form and conversion is not needed, the function simply copies the specified path to the buffer specified by the lpszShortPath parameter.

Your example path "D:\kn" is already in the short form.

Posted 4-Dec-14 20:49pm

Jochen Arndt

Updated 4-Dec-14 20:55pm

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Stefan_Lang · Answer 3 · 2014-12-04T20:41:00

A quick search found this discussion. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/843843/getshortpathname-unpredictable-results[^]

Apperently there is an issue with GetShortPathname not always delivering the expected results. Refer to the solution presented in the abovementioned discussion for a possible workaround.

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