Python development

libcreg comes with Python-bindings named pycreg.

Below are examples how use pycreg. They assume you have a working version of pycreg on your system. To build pycreg see Building.

Import

To be able to use pycreg in your Python scripts add the following import:

import pycreg

Get version

The get_version() module function can be used to retrieve the version of the pycreg.

pycreg.get_version()

This will return a textual string (Unicode) that contains the libcreg version. Since pycreg is a wrapper around libcreg it does not have a separate version.

Open file

Open a file by path

creg_file = pycreg.file()

creg_file.open("NTUSER.DAT")

...

creg_file.close()

The explicit call to creg_file.close() is not required. Close only must be called once all operations on the file have been completed.

Open a file using a file-like object

file_object = open("NTUSER.DAT", "rb")

creg_file = pycreg.file()

creg_file.open_file_object(file_object)

...

creg_file.close()

The explicit call to creg_file.close() is not required. Close only must be called once all operations on the file have been completed and will not close the file-like object itself.

Also see

import pycreg

help(pycreg)
help(pycreg.file)