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| author | jbe |
|---|---|
| date | Wed Jan 06 02:39:50 2016 +0100 (2016-01-06) |
| parents | 9fdfb27f8e67 |
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1 --[[--
2 encoded_path_element = -- string which can't contain evil stuff like "/"
3 encode.file_path_element(
4 path_element -- string to be encoded
5 )
7 This function is encoding a string in a way that it can be used as a file or directory name, without security risks. See the source for details.
9 --]]--
11 function encode.file_path_element(path_element)
12 return (
13 string.gsub(
14 string.gsub(
15 path_element, "[^0-9A-Za-z_%.-]",
16 function(char)
17 return string.format("%%%02x", string.byte(char))
18 end
19 ), "^%.", string.format("%%%%%02x", string.byte("."))
20 )
21 )
22 end