[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2980: --eliot-destination reservation of "\" for escape is incompatible with typical Windows usage

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#2980: --eliot-destination reservation of "\" for escape is incompatible with
typical Windows usage
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 Reporter:  exarkun            |          Owner:
     Type:  defect             |         Status:  new
 Priority:  supercritical      |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  code-frontend-cli  |        Version:  1.12.1
 Keywords:                     |  Launchpad Bug:
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 {{{
 [ERROR]
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "c:\projects\tahoe-lafs\.tox\py\lib\site-
 packages\unittest2\case.py", line 67, in testPartExecutor
     yield
   File "c:\projects\tahoe-lafs\.tox\py\lib\site-
 packages\unittest2\case.py", line 625, in run
     testMethod()
   File "c:\projects\tahoe-lafs\src\allmydata\test\test_eliotutil.py", line
 471, in test_regular_file
     _parse_destination_description("file:{}".format(path))(reactor),
   File "c:\projects\tahoe-lafs\src\allmydata\util\eliotutil.py", line 410,
 in parse
     return parser(kind, args)
   File "c:\projects\tahoe-lafs\src\allmydata\util\eliotutil.py", line 426,
 in _parse_file
     u"Unsupported escape character (\\) in destination text
 ({!r}).".format(arg_text),
 exceptions.ValueError: Unsupported escape character (\) in destination
 text (u'\\\\?\\C:\\projects\\tahoe-
 lafs\\_trial_temp\\allmydata.test.test_download\\DownloadV2\\test_download_no_overrun\\pjsjzk\\temp\\clients\\ol2lnqfj\\tmp\\tmps1zefj\\regular_file').
 allmydata.test.test_eliotutil.ParseDestinationDescriptionTests.test_regular_file
 }}}

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