Unicode File Names

[Chris Rebert]

2008/10/16 Jordan <jordan.taylor2 at gmail.com>:
> On Oct 16, 9:20 pm, John Machin <sjmac... at lexicon.net> wrote:
>> On Oct 17, 11:43 am, Jordan <jordan.tayl... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I've got a bunch of files with Japanese characters in their names and
>> > os.listdir() replaces those characters with ?'s. I'm trying to open
>> > the files several steps later, and obviously Python isn't going to
>> > find '01-????.jpg' (formally '01-ひらがな.jpg') because it doesn't exist.
>> > I'm not sure where in the process I'm able to stop that from
>> > happening. Thanks.
>>
>> The Fine Manual says:
>> """
>> listdir( path)
>>
>> Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory.
>> The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special
>> entries '.' and '..' even if they are present in the directory.
>> Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
>> Changed in version 2.3: On Windows NT/2k/XP and Unix, if path is a
>> Unicode object, the result will be a list of Unicode objects.
>> """
>>
>> Are you unsure whether your version of Python is 2.3 or later?
>
> *** Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32
> bit (Intel)] on win32. *** says my interpreter
>
> when it says "if path is a Unicode object...", does that mean the path
> name must have a Unicode char?

No, it means if path is of type 'unicode' as opposed to type 'str'.

Cheers,
Chris
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