Python: getting filename case as stored in Windows?

Question

Though Windows is case insensitive, it does preserve case in filenames. In Python, is there any way to get a filename with case as it is stored on the file system? E.g., in a Python program I have filename = "texas.txt", but want to know that it's actually stored "TEXAS.txt" on the file system, even if this is inconsequential for various file operations.

Accepted Answer

Here's the simplest way to do it:

```
>>> import win32api
>>> win32api.GetLongPathName(win32api.GetShortPathName('texas.txt')))
'TEXAS.txt'
```

Python: getting filename case as stored in Windows?

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