hlshd download speeds

[J K.Eason]

> *From:* RS <richard22j at zoho.com>
> *To:* get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> *Date:* Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:14:33 +0100
> 
> From: Chris Allison
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 22:37
> To: RS
> 
> >You could use the linux/freebsd utility detox, compiled under 
> cygwin
> >to clean up file names.
> 
> Many thanks for the suggestion.  I think it is probably easier to 
> use Linux directly rather than install and learn to use cygwin.  
> detox  looks a much more powerful program than the only partially 
> working Windows equivalent I found here.
> http://dimitar.me/quickly-remove-special-characters-from-file-names/
> 
> I found this article.
> http://www.computerhope.com/unix/rename.htm
> 
> From that I derived
> rename  -v  -n  's/://'  *
> for a preview.  For the actual rename I removed -n
> 
> I could see the external drive in File Manager but I struggled to 
> address it in Terminal.  With the help of Linux for Dummies I used
> cd  /media/KINGSTON/ddd
> where ddd was the name of the directory.
> 
> Even booting the live Ubuntu CD was not without problems.  I used a 
> HP laptop which I have not booted from another device before.  I 
> couldn't see the DVD drive in the boot menu.  I went through the 
> BIOS settings to confirm that it was enabled.  Eventually it dawned 
> on me that Notebook update bay was HP's name for a DVD drive.
> 
> Anyway I now have a solution which works and is a lot less effort 
> than move short file name.
> 
> I still don't understand how anyone can claim to have done this in 
> a Powershell script.  If a : is included in a Get-ChildItem filter 
> it says Second path fragment must not be a drive or UNC name.  If 
> it is escaped as \: Powershell says Illegal characters in path.

Can't you use the --fatfilename or --hfsfilename Output Option switches
on GIP's command line? I assume it works the same under Linux as Windows.
 
 --fatfilename      Remove FAT forbidden characters in file and
                    directory names.  Always applied on Windows.
                    Overrides --punctuation.

 --hfsfilename      Remove colons in file and directory names. Prevents
                    OS X Finder displaying colon as forward slash.
                    Always applied on OS X. Overrides --punctuation.
                    
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Regards
       John K.Eason (mail at john-eason.uk)