+def sanitize_open(filename, open_mode):
+ """Try to open the given filename, and slightly tweak it if this fails.
+
+ Attempts to open the given filename. If this fails, it tries to change
+ the filename slightly, step by step, until it's either able to open it
+ or it fails and raises a final exception, like the standard open()
+ function.
+
+ It returns the tuple (stream, definitive_file_name).
+ """
+ try:
+ stream = open(filename, open_mode)
+ return (stream, filename)
+ except (IOError, OSError), err:
+ # In case of error, try to remove win32 forbidden chars
+ filename = re.sub(ur'[<>:"\|\?\*]', u'#', filename)
+
+ # An exception here should be caught in the caller
+ stream = open(filename, open_mode)
+ return (stream, filename)
+
+