On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:51:13 am Lie Ryan wrote: > On 06/24/10 02:10, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: > > Can someone confirm that Python 2.6 ftplib does *NOT* support > > Unicode file names? Or must Unicode file names be specially > > encoded in order to be used with the ftplib module? > > I don't know the specifics about ftplib, however I believe in most > file systems, file names are plain byte-strings, i.e. most file > systems do not handle encoding, they only deal with plain bytes.
That is completely backwards. Most modern file systems use Unicode, not bytes. Windows file systems use Unicode file names: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx Likewise the Macintosh HFS+ file system also uses Unicode file names: http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html So do UDF, ZDF and many others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems These days, if you're a developer on a non-Linux PC who doesn't need to worry about legacy file systems, most file systems you come across will be Unicode and not bytes. It's mostly Linux developers who have to deal with byte file names. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
