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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/utils.py16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 7460d8701..67be4a9ae 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -73,10 +73,22 @@ def preferredencoding():
def write_json_file(obj, fn):
""" Encode obj as JSON and write it to fn, atomically """
+ if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+ encoding = get_filesystem_encoding()
+ # os.path.basename returns a bytes object, but NamedTemporaryFile
+ # will fail if the filename contains non ascii characters unless we
+ # use a unicode object
+ path_basename = lambda f: os.path.basename(fn).decode(encoding)
+ # the same for os.path.dirname
+ path_dirname = lambda f: os.path.dirname(fn).decode(encoding)
+ else:
+ path_basename = os.path.basename
+ path_dirname = os.path.dirname
+
args = {
'suffix': '.tmp',
- 'prefix': os.path.basename(fn) + '.',
- 'dir': os.path.dirname(fn),
+ 'prefix': path_basename(fn) + '.',
+ 'dir': path_dirname(fn),
'delete': False,
}