Fuck. For PC support, this must be in the distribution.
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/nturl2pa.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/nturl2pa.py
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+#
+# nturl2path convert a NT pathname to a file URL and
+# vice versa
+
+def url2pathname(url):
+ """ Convert a URL to a DOS path...
+ Currently only works for absolute paths
+
+ ///C|/foo/bar/spam.foo
+
+ becomes
+
+ C:\foo\bar\spam.foo
+ """
+ import string
+ comp = string.splitfields(url, '|')
+ if len(comp) != 2 or comp[0][-1] not in string.letters:
+ error = 'Bad URL: ' + url
+ raise IOError, error
+ drive = string.upper(comp[0][-1])
+ components = string.splitfields(comp[1], '/')
+ path = drive + ':'
+ for comp in components:
+ if comp:
+ path = path + '\\' + comp
+ return path
+
+def pathname2url(p):
+
+ """ Convert a DOS path name to a file url...
+ Currently only works for absolute paths
+
+ C:\foo\bar\spam.foo
+
+ becomes
+
+ ///C|/foo/bar/spam.foo
+ """
+
+ import string
+ comp = string.splitfields(p, ':')
+ if len(comp) != 2 or len(comp[0]) > 1:
+ error = 'Bad path: ' + p
+ raise IOError, error
+
+ drive = string.upper(comp[0])
+ components = string.splitfields(comp[1], '\\')
+ path = '///' + drive + '|'
+ for comp in components:
+ if comp:
+ path = path + '/' + comp
+ return path