On Oct 16, 9:20 pm, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 17, 11:43 am, Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
