Python os.fsencode()

The Python os.fsencode() method is used to encode the specified file name to the file system encoding, using the “surrogateescape” error handler or “strict” on Windows;

Syntax: os.fsencode(filename)

Parameters:

filename: A path-like object representing a file system path. A path-like object is a str or bytes object representing the path.

Return type: This method returns a bytes string representing the encoded file name.

Example 1

Use the os.fsencode() method

# Python program to explain os.fsencode() method
    
# importing os module
import os
  
#Filename
filename = "/home/user/File.txt"
  
# Encode the filename
# to the filesystem encoding
# with 'surrogateescape' error handler,
# or 'strict' (On Windows)
encode = os.fsencode(filename)
  
#Print the encoded filename
print(encode)
  
# The encode filename can be
# decoded using os.fsdecode() method
print(os.fsdecode(encode))

Output:

Encoded filename: b'/home/user/Fxc3x8exe2x95x9axc3x88.txt'
/home/user/FÎ?È.txt