1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 7426e2a1f..0f49d602e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -311,6 +311,24 @@ def sanitize_filename(s, restricted=False, is_id=False):
     return result
 
 
+def sanitize_path(s):
+    """Sanitizes and normalizes path on Windows"""
+    if sys.platform != 'win32':
+        return s
+    drive, _ = os.path.splitdrive(s)
+    unc, _ = os.path.splitunc(s)
+    unc_or_drive = unc or drive
+    norm_path = os.path.normpath(remove_start(s, unc_or_drive)).split(os.path.sep)
+    if unc_or_drive:
+        norm_path.pop(0)
+    sanitized_path = [
+        re.sub('[/<>:"\\|\\\\?\\*]', '#', path_part)
+        for path_part in norm_path]
+    if unc_or_drive:
+        sanitized_path.insert(0, unc_or_drive + os.path.sep)
+    return os.path.join(*sanitized_path)
+
+
 def orderedSet(iterable):
     """ Remove all duplicates from the input iterable """
     res = []