"utabintarbo" wrote: > I am trying to programatically access files created on an IBM AIX > system, stored on a Sun OS 5.8 fileserver, through a samba-mapped drive > on a Win32 system. Not confused? OK, let's move on... ;-) > > When I ask for an os.listdir() of a relevant directory, I get filenames > with embedded escaped characters (ex. > 'F07JS41C.04389525AA.UPR\xa6INR.E\xa6C-P.D11.081305.P2.KPF.model')
how did you print that name? "\xa6" is a "broken vertical bar", which, as far as I know, is a valid filename character under both Unix and Windows. if DIR is a variable that points to the remote directory, what does this print: import os files = os.listdir(DIR) file = files[0] print file print repr(file) fullname = os.path.join(DIR, file) print os.path.isfile(fullname) print os.path.isdir(fullname) (if necessary, replace [0] with an index that corresponds to one of the problematic filenames) when you've tried that, try this variation (only the listdir line has changed): import os files = os.listdir(unicode(DIR)) # <-- this line has changed file = files[0] print file print repr(file) fullname = os.path.join(DIR, file) print os.path.isfile(fullname) print os.path.isdir(fullname) </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list