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?

Answer 1

Here's the simplest way to do it:

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