module BlackStack::Strings::Misc
Miscelaneus
Public Class Methods
sanitize_filename(filename)
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make a Ruby string safe for a filesystem. References:
> stackoverflow.com/questions/1939333/how-to-make-a-ruby-string-safe-for-a-filesystem¶ ↑
> devblog.muziboo.com/2008/06/17/attachment-fu-sanitize-filename-regex-and-unicode-gotcha/¶ ↑
# File lib/functions.rb, line 400 def self.sanitize_filename(filename) ret = filename.strip do |name| # NOTE: File.basename doesn't work right with Windows paths on Unix # get only the filename, not the whole path name.gsub!(/^.*(\\|\/)/, '') # Strip out the non-ascii character name.gsub!(/[^0-9A-Za-z.\-]/, '_') end return ret end