Source code for pymyinstall.installhelper.link_shortcuts

"""
Various helper about shortcuts and links


:githublink:`%|py|5`
"""

import os
import sys
import platform

if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
    FileNotFoundError = Exception


[docs]def add_shortcut_to_desktop(file, name, description="", arguments="", icon=None, workdir=None): """ :func:`add_shortcut <pymyinstall.installhelper.link_shortcuts.add_shortcut>` :githublink:`%|py|17` """ return add_shortcut(file, name, description, arguments, icon, workdir)
[docs]def add_shortcut(target, name, description="", arguments="", icon=None, workdir=None, folder=None): """ Adds a shortcut to the desktop. :param target: target :param name: name of the shortcut :param description: description :param arguments: arguments :param icon: icon :param workdir: working directory :param folder: where to save the shortcut (None for the desktop) :return: path to the shortcut :githublink:`%|py|34` """ if not sys.platform.startswith("win"): raise NotImplementedError( "not implemented on this platform: " + sys.platform) try: import winshell except ImportError as e: if "DLL load failed" in str(e): os.environ["PATH"] = os.environ[ "PATH"] + ";" + os.path.split(sys.executable)[0] + r"\lib\site-packages\pywin32_system32" try: import winshell except ImportError: raise ImportError( r"you should run the following in your current folder:\ncopy C:\%s\lib\site-packages\pywin32_system32\py*.dll %s" % (os.path.split( sys.executable), os.getcwd())) from e else: raise e if folder is None: folder = winshell.desktop() link_filepath = os.path.join(folder, name + ".lnk") args = ["/c", "start", target, arguments] with winshell.shortcut(link_filepath) as link: link.path = r"%windir%\system32\cmd.exe" link.description = description if description is not None else name link.arguments = " ".join(args) if icon is not None: link.icon_location = (icon, 0) if workdir is not None: link.working_directory = workdir if not os.path.exists(link_filepath): raise FileNotFoundError(link_filepath) return link_filepath
[docs]def suffix(): """ add a suffix to a shortcut name = python version + architecture :return: string :githublink:`%|py|82` """ ver = ".".join(str(_) for _ in sys.version_info[:2]) arc = platform.architecture()[0] return "{0}.{1}".format(arc, ver)
if __name__ == "__main__": path = r"C:\github\pymyinstall\dist\win_python_setup" target = r"tools\R\bin\R.exe" name = "R Console" icon = r"tools\icons\r.ico" add_shortcut(target=target, folder=path, icon=icon, name=name) path = r"C:\github\pymyinstall\dist\win_python_setup" target = r"python\python.exe" name = "Python Console" icon = r"tools\icons\python.ico" add_shortcut(target=target, folder=path, icon=icon, name=name)