How to get folder names with ~ in PowerShell-CodePudding

I have this code in PowerShell

$workingDir = $PSScriptRoot   "/"

This will give me the path to the current ps1 file. I am later on referencing this working Directory variable to refer to sub folders and to run some old 1990's style programs.

My working directory contains a folder name with spaces. "Shared Files".

How can I get the old DOS convention name of: "shared~1" as the folder name (with a tilde) for the above folder using PowerShell functions, without hard coding names or manual replacement of folder names?

I need this because some of those old programs don't recognize folder names with spaces.

Thanks!

CodePudding user response：

You should be able to use the COM object Scripting.FileSystemObject to get the short path:

(New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject).GetFile($path).ShortPath