1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/LongFilePathSupport.py b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/LongFilePathSupport.py
index 7eb141053a..b3e3c8ea64 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/LongFilePathSupport.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/LongFilePathSupport.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## @file
 # Override built in function file.open to provide support for long file path
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 - 2018, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
+# Copyright (c) 2014 - 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
 # This program and the accompanying materials
 # are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
 # which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
@@ -49,3 +49,15 @@ def CopyLongFilePath(src, dst):
     with open(LongFilePath(src), 'rb') as fsrc:
         with open(LongFilePath(dst), 'wb') as fdst:
             shutil.copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)
+
+## Convert a python unicode string to a normal string
+#
+# Convert a python unicode string to a normal string
+# UniToStr(u'I am a string') is 'I am a string'
+#
+# @param Uni:  The python unicode string
+#
+# @retval:     The formatted normal string
+#
+def UniToStr(Uni):
+    return repr(Uni)[2:-1]