Cygwin ls and hidden files

cygwin-ls

#!/bin/python

import os, sys

preload = 1
for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
    if "--all" == arg or "--almost-all" == arg:
        preload = 0
    elif arg.startswith("-") and ("a" in arg or "A" in arg):
        preload = 0
    elif "--" == arg:
        break

if 1 == preload:
    dllname = "cygwin_ls_readdir.dll"
    progdir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
    dllpath = os.path.join(progdir, "plat", os.uname()[0], dllname)
    if not os.path.exists(dllpath):
        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dllpath))
        os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, "/bin/bash",
            "/bin/bash", os.path.join(progdir, "../src", os.path.splitext(dllname)[0] + ".c"), "-o", dllpath)
    os.putenv("LD_PRELOAD", dllpath)
os.execv("/bin/ls", ["/bin/ls"] + sys.argv[1:])

cygwin_ls_readdir.c

///usr/bin/gcc -shared "$0" "$@" -lntdll; exit
// Written by Bill Zissimopoulos, 2015-2017.

#include <dirent.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <sys/cygwin.h>
#include <wchar.h>
#include <winternl.h>

#if 0
#include <stdio.h>
#define TRACE(...) fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define TRACE(...) ((void)0)
#endif

static struct dirent *(*real_readdir)(DIR *dirp);

struct dirent *readdir(DIR *dirp)
{
    NTSTATUS NTAPI NtQueryAttributesFile(
        POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES ObjectAttributes,
        PFILE_BASIC_INFORMATION FileInformation);
    HANDLE h;
    struct dirent *dirent;
    WCHAR name[NAME_MAX + 1];
    UNICODE_STRING uname;
    OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES obja;
    FILE_BASIC_INFORMATION info;
    NTSTATUS status;

    h = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(dirfd(dirp));
    if ((HANDLE)-1 == h)
        return real_readdir(dirp);

    while (0 != (dirent = real_readdir(dirp)))
    {
        if ('.' == dirent->d_name[0] && ('\0' == dirent->d_name[1] ||
            ('.' == dirent->d_name[1] && '\0' == dirent->d_name[2])))
            break;

        if (0 != cygwin_conv_path(CCP_POSIX_TO_WIN_W | CCP_RELATIVE, dirent->d_name, name, sizeof name))
            break;

        uname.Length = uname.MaximumLength = wcslen(name) * sizeof(WCHAR);
        uname.Buffer = name;

        InitializeObjectAttributes(&obja, &uname, 0, h, 0);
        status = NtQueryAttributesFile(&obja, &info);
        TRACE("%s: NtQueryAttributesFile(\"%ls\")=%lx\n", __func__, uname.Buffer, status);
        if (!NT_SUCCESS(status) || 0 == (info.FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN))
            break;
    }

    TRACE("%s: name=\"%s\"\n", __func__, 0 != dirent ? dirent->d_name : (char *)0);

    return dirent;
}
static __attribute__((constructor)) void init(void)
{
    real_readdir = (void *)cygwin_internal(CW_HOOK, "readdir", readdir);
}

Thanks for the snippet!
I've updated the python code a bit: https://gist.github.com/stefaang/3429fcbac1dadd69db6f36c59d6ca98e