File names with slashes [was Re: error in os.chdir]

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 05 July 2018 11:57:18 Mikhail V wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > In Explorer and the open-file dialog of most applications, they will
> > see paths like this:
> >
> >     directory\file name with spaces
> >
> > with the extension (.jpg, .pdf, .docx etc) suppressed. So by your
> > argument, Python needs to accept strings without quotes:
> >
> >     open(directory\file name with spaces, 'r')
> >
> > and guess which extension you mean.
> >
> > That would be fun to watch in action.
>
> I think it's what is called 'English humor'?
> Funny (just a little bit).
>
> Wait a moment - you are well aware of Windows features,
> that's suspicious...
>
>
> BTW Explorer with hidden extension that's a sign of
> "double-click, drag-and-drop" category of users.
> Definitely more advanced users turn on extensions,
> or don't even use explorer as a file manager.
>
> > Linux programmers will
> > see paths with spaces and other metacharacters escaped:
> >
> >     directory/file\ name\ with\ spaces.txt
>
> ick. what I see is escaping of the most frequent Latin character.

ick  is a very weak adjective.

For a change, why can't windows do it right?  Oh wait, its windows so the 
question is moot.  Sigh, and just one of the reasons there are zero 
windows machines on my premises.


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