Error copying a file

Krzysztof Stachlewski stach at fr.USUN.pl
Fri Apr 16 17:06:12 EDT 2004


Peter Hansen wrote:

> Okay, any reason not to call this a bug in the Windows version of
> Python, when os.path.isfile can handle the name but Python can't
> open or copy the file?

Hmmm... isfile() apparently uses some OS functions that don't
check for valid characters in filenames.
If it is a bug then it is a bug within Windows.
But from the Windows point of view, a " in filename
is simply some piece of corrupted data so it can do anything with it.
It's good it doesn't display BSOD. ;-)

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