subprocess.Popen with a unicode path

Question

I have a unicode filename that I would like to open. The following code:

cmd = u\'cmd /c \"C:\\\\Pok\\xe9mon.mp3\"\'
cmd = cmd.encode(\'utf-8\')
subprocess.P         


        

Answer 1

Your problem can be solved through smart_str function of Django module.

Use this code:

from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, smart_unicode
cmd = u'cmd /c "C:\\Pok\xe9mon.mp3"'
smart_cmd = smart_str(cmd)
subprocess.Popen(smart_cmd)

You can find information on how to install Django on Windows here. You can first install pip and then you can install Django by starting a command shell with administrator privileges and run this command:

pip install Django

This will install Django in your Python installation's site-packages directory.