text: import platform
  import ctypes
  
  
  def windows_only(func):
      if platform.system() != 'Windows':
          return lambda *args, **kwargs: None
      return func
  
  
  @windows_only
  def hide_file(path):
      """
      Set the hidden attribute on a file or directory.
  
      From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19622133/
  
      `path` must be text.
      """
      __import__('ctypes.wintypes')
      SetFileAttributes = ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetFileAttributesW
      SetFileAttributes.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.LPWSTR, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD
      SetFileAttributes.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL
  
      FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x02
  
      ret = SetFileAttributes(path, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
      if not ret:
          raise ctypes.WinError()
  