view sawautil/Utilities.py @ 19:75e67af92ef8

updated server configuration and merged

import os

# ============================================
# Some global utility functions
# ============================================

def convertFilename(upload_filename):
	# we don't have to convert everything to unicode. It works just fine.
	# upload_filename = upload_filename.decode('utf-8')
	filename = upload_filename.replace('\\','/').replace(' ','_')
	filename = os.path.basename(filename)
	#remove additional dots since that confuses sonic annotator
	base,ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
	base = base.replace('.','_')
	filename = ''.join([base,ext])
	return filename