escape characters like ':' that may cause problems under Windows when

building file names
coursera-dl · Jan 26, 2017 · 7ab5045 · 7ab5045
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diff --git a/edx_dl/edx_dl.py b/edx_dl/edx_dl.py
@@ -779,6 +779,8 @@ def _build_filename_from_url(url, target_dir, filename_prefix, is_video=False,
             original_filename = 'video_%05d.mp4' % video_counter[0]
         else:
             original_filename = url.rsplit('/', 1)[1]
+        # escape characters like ':' that may cause problems under Windows
+        original_filename = quote(original_filename)
         filename = os.path.join(target_dir,
                                 filename_prefix + '-' + original_filename)