[ python-Bugs-964870 ] sys.getfilesystemencoding()

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Bugs item #964870, was opened at 2004-06-02 11:15
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Manlio Perillo (manlioperillo)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: sys.getfilesystemencoding()

Initial Comment:
>>> sys.version
'2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit
(Intel)]'
>>> sys.platform
'win32'
>>> sys.getwindowsversion()
(5, 1, 2600, 2, '')

Hi.
In the documentation it is reported that:
'On Windows NT+, file names are Unicode natively, so no
conversion is performed'. 

But:
import sys
>>> sys.getfilesystemencoding()
'mbcs'



Thanks and regards   Manlio Perillo


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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-06-02 14:40

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The documentation is correct. Filenames are not converted.

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