gyorgy@0: import os
gyorgy@0: 
gyorgy@0: # ============================================
gyorgy@0: # Some global utility functions
gyorgy@0: # ============================================
gyorgy@0: 
gyorgy@0: def convertFilename(upload_filename):
gyorgy@0: 	# we don't have to convert everything to unicode. It works just fine.
gyorgy@0: 	# upload_filename = upload_filename.decode('utf-8')
gyorgy@0: 	filename = upload_filename.replace('\\','/').replace(' ','_')
gyorgy@0: 	filename = os.path.basename(filename)
gyorgy@0: 	#remove additional dots since that confuses sonic annotator
gyorgy@0: 	base,ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
gyorgy@0: 	base = base.replace('.','_')
gyorgy@0: 	filename = ''.join([base,ext])
gyorgy@0: 	return filename