Python | os.fsencode () method

The

os.fsencode() method in Python is used to encode the specified file in the file coding system with "surrogateescape" error handler, or "strict" on Windows;

Syntax: os.fsencode (filename )

Parameter:
filename : A path-like object representing a file system path. A path-like object is either a str or bytes object representing a path.

Return Type: This method returns a bytestring which represents the encoded filename .

Code: using the os.fsencode () method

# Python program for os.fsencode () method explanations   # import of the os module import os   # Filename filename = "/ home / user / File.txt"   # Encode file name # to encode file th system # with error handler & # 39; surrogateescape & # 39 ;, # or & # 39; strict & # 39; (on Windows) encode = os .fsencode (filename)   # Print encoded filename print (encode)    # You can encode the file name # decode using the os.fsdecode () method print (os.fsdecode (encode))

Exit :

 Encoded filename: b’ / home / user / Fxc3x8exe2x95x9axc3x88.txt’ / home / user / FÎ? È.txt 

Link: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.fsencode