A bug in get_iplayer-3.01?
RS
richard22j at zoho.com
Mon Jun 5 06:06:56 PDT 2017
>From: Ralph Corderoy
>Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 11:38
>> In another part of the code there is a variable sanitize_mode which
>> can have values between 0 and 4 to denote different treatment for
>> sanitising file and directory names, and I haven't worked out how that
>> gets set.
>$sanitize_mode is set at the start of substitute() from the second
>parameter to that function, with a default of 0 if that either doesn't
>exist, e.g. substitute('foo'), or is the value `undef'.
>I think the call where it's passed as 1 is
> # Don't create subdir if we are only testing recordings
> # Create a subdir for programme sorting option
> elsif ( $opt->{subdir} ) {
> my $subdir = $prog->substitute( $opt->{subdirformat} || '<longname>',
1 );
Thanks for that. In fact I have been looking in the wrong place. I did not
read the OP carefully enough. The problem with / in a programme name occurs
when the --subdir option is used. In Windows for a programme with a <name>
Vets 24/7: Series 4
get_iplayer creates a sub-directory called
\Vets_24\7_Series_4\
which is the same behaviour as was complained of in Linux.
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