#!/usr/bin/env python3
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from os.path import abspath
from urllib.parse import quote, urlunsplit
def tourl(path):
    """ Make path absolute and turn it into file: URL.
        Useful for creating thumbnails (following freedesktop.org spec).
    """
    return urlunsplit(('file', '', quote(abspath(path)), '', ''))
if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('path', help='file path')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    print(tourl(args.path))