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| To avoid the methods to interpret the special characters in the path as a mask, use the ''[[library_remotepath_escapefilemask|RemotePath.EscapeFileMask]]'' method to escape the special characters. This is particularly important, when you use variable paths. | To avoid the methods to interpret the special characters in the path as a mask, use the ''[[library_remotepath_escapefilemask|RemotePath.EscapeFileMask]]'' method to escape the special characters. This is particularly important, when you use variable paths. | ||
| - | For example, if your file is named ''filewithstar*.txt'', passing such name directly to ''[[library_session_getfiles|Session.GetFiles]]'' would download all files with name starting ''filewithstar'' and ''.txt'' extension, not only ''filewithstar*.txt''. The ''Session.EscapeFileMask'' converts the name to unambiguous mask ''filewithstar[*].txt'', that matches only the ''filewithstar*.txt''. | + | For example, if your file is named ''filewithstar*.txt'', passing such name directly to ''[[library_session_getfiles|Session.GetFiles]]'' would download all files with name starting ''filewithstar'' and ''.txt'' extension, not only ''filewithstar*.txt''. The ''RemotePath.EscapeFileMask'' converts the name to unambiguous mask ''filewithstar[*].txt'', that matches only the ''filewithstar*.txt''. |
| It is an error, when you use path to a file that does not exist with above methods. Though, it is not an error when you use a mask that does not match any file (the directory used with the mask still needs to exist). | It is an error, when you use path to a file that does not exist with above methods. Though, it is not an error when you use a mask that does not match any file (the directory used with the mask still needs to exist). | ||