How to create a file with a hebrew name using python 2.7?

Question

Here is my code (t.name holds a Hebrew name):

# -*- coding: utf8 -*-  
                title = '%s.html' % t.name
                with file(title, 'wb') as fpo:
                    fpo.write('<meta charset="utf-8">\n')                    
                    message = 'שלום לך %s' % t.name
                    fpo.write('%s\n' % message)

Here is how the file looks in the file system (windows 7):

The content is presented fine by the browser.

What am I missing here?

Thanks, Omer.

Answer 1

The Windows filesystem uses UTF16 encoding. Your best bet is to use unicode values instead though, as Python will automatically use the correct codecs and APIs for your platform to encode filenames:

title = u'%s.html' % t.name.decode('utf8')  # decode from UTF8, use a unicode literal
with file(title, 'wb') as fpo:
    fpo.write('<meta charset="utf-8">\n')                    
    message = 'שלום לך %s' % t.name
    fpo.write('%s\n' % message)

Answer 2

尝试使用title=u'%s.html' % t.name