Re: [Python-Dev] Patch for an initial support of bytes filename in Python3

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:

(since os.getcwdb() is a Unix-only thing).

I would be happier if all the Unix byte functions existed on Windows fell back to something like encoding the filenames to/from UTF-8. Then at least it would be possible for programs to support reading all files on both Unix and Windows without having to perform some sort of explicit check to see whether os.getcwdb() and friends are supported.