On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam <fo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > # Python 2.6.4 (r264:75708, Oct 26 2009, 08:23:19) > [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 > > import sys > > def _encodeFileName(fn): > """Helper function to encode unicode file names into system file names. > http://effbot.org/pyref/sys.getfilesystemencoding.htm"""; > isWindows = sys.platform.startswith("win") > isUnicode = isinstance(fn, unicode) > if isUnicode: # and not isWindows > encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding() # 'mbcs' on Windows, 'utf-8' > on Linux > encoding = "utf-8" if not encoding else encoding > return fn.encode(encoding) > return fn
Use unicode filenames. CPython encodes them with the file system encoding, with an exception to use the internal UTF-16 on Windows. See fileobject.c (2.6.4 links): file_init (2170-2185): http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/8803c3d61da2/Objects/fileobject.c#l2150 open_the_file (269-283): http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/8803c3d61da2/Objects/fileobject.c#l230 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
