Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2016-02-15 18:26 -0800
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Subject	Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file
From	Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com>

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On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 10:55:11 PM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> If you want to guarantee that these faux pathnames can't
> leak out of your test suite and touch the file system,
> prepend an ASCII NUL to them. That will make it an illegal
> path on all file systems that I'm aware of.

Hmm, the unfounded fears in this thread are beginning to
remind me of a famous Black Sabbath song.

  Finished with "py tempfile",
  'cause it,
  couldn't help to,
  ease my mind.

  People think i'm insane,
  because,
  i want "faux paths",
  all the time.

  All day long i think of ways, 
  but nothing seems to,
  satisfy.

  Think i'll loose my mind,
  if i don't,
  find a py-module to,
  pacify.

  CAN YOU HELP ME?

  MAKE "FAUX PATHS" TODAAAAY,

  OH YEAH...

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Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 11:08 +1100
  Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-02-15 01:07 +0000
    Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 12:19 +1100
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-15 15:54 +1100
        Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 16:25 +1100
        Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-02-15 18:26 -0800
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-02-15 21:00 +1300
        Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-16 01:18 +0100
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-15 15:49 +0000
  Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-15 15:06 +1100
    Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 15:28 +1100
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-02-15 21:11 +1300
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-02-16 02:14 +0000
    Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file "Martin A. Brown" <martin@linux-ip.net> - 2016-02-14 20:48 -0800

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