>>> test_support.verbose = 1
>>> test_unicode_file.test_main()
test_directories
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles) ... ERROR
test_equivalent_files
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles) ... ERROR
test_single_files
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles) ... ERROR

======================================================================
ERROR: test_directories
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line
178, in test_directories
    self._do_directory(TESTFN_ENCODED+ext,
TESTFN_ENCODED+ext, True)
  File
"C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line
112, in _do_directory
    os.mkdir(make_name)
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: '@test-??.dir'

======================================================================
ERROR: test_equivalent_files
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line
170, in test_equivalent_files
    self._test_equivalent(TESTFN_ENCODED, TESTFN_UNICODE)
  File
"C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line
154, in _test_equivalent
    f = file(filename1, "w")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '@test-??'

======================================================================
ERROR: test_single_files
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line
164, in test_single_files
    self._test_single(TESTFN_ENCODED)
  File
"C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line
136, in _test_single
    f = file(filename, "w")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '@test-??'

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 3 tests in 0.061s

FAILED (errors=3)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#21>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    test_unicode_file.test_main()
  File
"C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line
191, in test_main
    run_suite(suite)
  File "C:\apps\Python24\lib\test\test_support.py",
line 274, in run_suite
    raise TestFailed(msg)
TestFailed: errors occurred; run in verbose mode for
details
>>> 

This is Python2.4a1 on win2k pro

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Peculiar -- it works fine on WinXP Pro, which ought to work 
the same as Win2K here.

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Sorry, I forgot I've upgraded my OS lately. This *is* WinXP Pro.
Any other data I can send?

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Are you using a FAT partition?

What precise version string do you get in winver.exe?

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File system is NTFS.

winver gives:
Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633: Service Pack 1)

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Does this still fail for you in Py2.4a3 ?
If not, please note the result and close the bug.

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Yes it does :-(
I have a winXP on IBM T-40.
The other language that is installed is Hebrew.

The problem that when encoding TESTFN_UNICODE with the file
system ecoding (mbcs) the resulted string is "@test-??"
which is not a legal file name on windows

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I can reproduce this in Python 2.4a3 on Win 2K SP4(locale is 
set to Japanese). File system is NTFS. But on my box, 
test_single_files passes OK. Only test_equivalent_files and 
test_directories raise ERROR.

Here is the result.

test_unicode_file
test_directories (test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles) ... 
ERROR
test_equivalent_files 
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles) ... ERROR
test_single_files (test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles) ... 
ok

==============================================
========================
ERROR: test_directories 
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles)
------------------------------------------------------------
----------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line 185, in 
test_directories
    self._do_directory(TESTFN_ENCODED+ext, 
TESTFN_UNICODE+ext, True)
  File "C:\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line 114, in 
_do_directory
    os.chdir(chdir_name)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'@test-\xe0
\xf2.dir'

==============================================
========================
ERROR: test_equivalent_files 
(test.test_unicode_file.TestUnicodeFiles)
------------------------------------------------------------
----------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line 176, in 
test_equivalent_files
    self._test_equivalent(TESTFN_ENCODED, 
TESTFN_UNICODE)
  File "C:\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line 157, in 
_test_equivalent
    self._do_equivilent(filename1, filename2)
  File "C:\Python24\lib\test\test_unicode_file.py", line 67, in 
_do_equivilent
    os.stat(filename2))
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'@test-\xe0\xf2'

------------------------------------------------------------
----------
Ran 3 tests in 0.070s

FAILED (errors=2)
test test_unicode_file failed -- errors occurred; run in verbose 
mode for details
1 test failed:
    test_unicode_file

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I have the very same errors as quiver on WinXP SP1, Python
2.4a3, NTFS, locale Polish.

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Sounds like a locale thing - do the people seeing the bug
have the problem if they switch their locale to english?

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How do I switch my locale to English on winXP pro?

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In control panel/regional settings, change the first *and*
the third tab to English. This requires a reboot.

The failure itself is harmless. test_support assumes that 

TESTFN_UNICODE = unicode("@test-\xe0\xf2", "latin-1")

is a filename that can be represented in the default file
encoding. On Windows, if the default file encoding is not
CP-1252 (as it is in the Western European installations),
this file name cannot be represented correctly in "mbcs".

To fix this, we would need to come up with procedure to
generate a file name depending on the locale. Unfortunately,
such a procedure is very difficult to implement.

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same effect on non french w2k (polish locale), this persists
on any python 2.x version and is rather independent from
windows version - in my case it is w2k pro sp4.

file created with this encoding works fine with windows
commander - if that matters

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Martin, on other w2k pro (english) sp4 with POLISH locale
set this test works as expected - "All the Unicode tests
appeared to work".

Both versions have the same settings for regional options -
polish:

On first tab (general) I have Polish location and other
languages on the same tab selected: western europe and US,
central europe.

On last tab (6 = input locales) I have polish programmers
and endglish (US).

Third tab - currency ?

Or this test fails on non english versions of W2K ?
German ?
Hungarian ?
...

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I'm talking about the third tab on XP regional settings; I
don't know how the user interface looks in W2k. This tab
says something like "language for programs which don't
support Unicode". It might be that this setting is simply
not available on W2k.

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This is now fixed in test_unicode_file.py 1.16.

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Can anyone merge this(test_unicode_file.py rev 1.16) to 
release23-maint branch?
This is not specific to Python 2.4.

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No. A release candidate for 2.3.5 was already made; at this
point, test cases should not be changed anymore. As 2.3.5
will be the last 2.3 release, backporting the change *after*
2.3.5 is pointless.