create short-filename

[lumpybanana247]

converting a short file name to a long file name
(ex. c:\\program files\\common files\\blah blah blah\\)
to
(ex. c:\\progra~1\\common~1\\blahbl~1\\)

to get a short file name...
you get the name (ex. program files)
you delete all the spaces (ex. programfiles)
you remove all but the first 6 characters (ex. progra)
and you add ~1 to the end (ex. progra~1)

if thats all you had to do, i could simply make a function to do so by using easy functions, but i would have to somehow seperate (program files) from the rest of the directory (c:\\program files\\common files\\blah blah blah\\)
is there and easier way to do this OR does anybody have a premade script to do this?


thank you

PS: i know that if there is (C:\\program files) and (C:\\programing) then it messes things up because (C:\\programming) would have to be (C:\\progra~2) but that doesnt matter to me

[weaknessforcats]

Start reading here.

Functions are already written to convert to short file names.