package main import "golang.org/x/sys/windows" // getLongPathName converts Windows short pathnames to full pathnames. // For example C:\Users\ADMIN~1 --> C:\Users\Administrator. // It is a no-op on non-Windows platforms func getLongPathName(path string) (string, error) { // See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-dev/1tufzkruoTg p, err := windows.UTF16FromString(path) if err != nil { return "", err } b := p // GetLongPathName says we can reuse buffer n, err := windows.GetLongPathName(&p[0], &b[0], uint32(len(b))) if err != nil { return "", err } if n > uint32(len(b)) { b = make([]uint16, n) _, err = windows.GetLongPathName(&p[0], &b[0], uint32(len(b))) if err != nil { return "", err } } return windows.UTF16ToString(b), nil }