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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 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()