From: david-sarah <david-sarah@jacaranda.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:14:18 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Replace uses of os.path.abspath with abspath_expanduser_unicode where necessary.... 
X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.8.0b2~70
X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/%5B/%5D%20/file/URI:LIT:krugkidfnzsc4/cyclelanguage?a=commitdiff_plain;h=618db4867c68a6f9e8a45f6d3779553e544b1265;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git

Replace uses of os.path.abspath with abspath_expanduser_unicode where necessary. This makes basedir paths consistently represented as Unicode.
---

diff --git a/src/allmydata/node.py b/src/allmydata/node.py
index b68ee2fc..108e82b4 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/node.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/node.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from allmydata import get_package_versions, get_package_versions_string
 from allmydata.util import log
 from allmydata.util import fileutil, iputil, observer
 from allmydata.util.assertutil import precondition, _assert
+from allmydata.util.fileutil import abspath_expanduser_unicode
+from allmydata.util.encodingutil import get_filesystem_encoding
 
 # Add our application versions to the data that Foolscap's LogPublisher
 # reports.
@@ -49,9 +51,9 @@ class Node(service.MultiService):
     PORTNUMFILE = None
     CERTFILE = "node.pem"
 
-    def __init__(self, basedir="."):
+    def __init__(self, basedir=u"."):
         service.MultiService.__init__(self)
-        self.basedir = os.path.abspath(basedir)
+        self.basedir = abspath_expanduser_unicode(unicode(basedir))
         self._portnumfile = os.path.join(self.basedir, self.PORTNUMFILE)
         self._tub_ready_observerlist = observer.OneShotObserverList()
         fileutil.make_dirs(os.path.join(self.basedir, "private"), 0700)
@@ -74,12 +76,12 @@ class Node(service.MultiService):
         iputil.increase_rlimits()
 
     def init_tempdir(self):
-        local_tempdir = "tmp" # default is NODEDIR/tmp/
-        tempdir = self.get_config("node", "tempdir", local_tempdir)
+        local_tempdir_utf8 = "tmp" # default is NODEDIR/tmp/
+        tempdir = self.get_config("node", "tempdir", local_tempdir_utf8).decode('utf-8')
         tempdir = os.path.join(self.basedir, tempdir)
         if not os.path.exists(tempdir):
             fileutil.make_dirs(tempdir)
-        tempfile.tempdir = os.path.abspath(tempdir)
+        tempfile.tempdir = abspath_expanduser_unicode(tempdir)
         # this should cause twisted.web.http (which uses
         # tempfile.TemporaryFile) to put large request bodies in the given
         # directory. Without this, the default temp dir is usually /tmp/,
@@ -167,9 +169,9 @@ class Node(service.MultiService):
     def setup_ssh(self):
         ssh_port = self.get_config("node", "ssh.port", "")
         if ssh_port:
-            ssh_keyfile = self.get_config("node", "ssh.authorized_keys_file")
+            ssh_keyfile = self.get_config("node", "ssh.authorized_keys_file").decode('utf-8')
             from allmydata import manhole
-            m = manhole.AuthorizedKeysManhole(ssh_port, ssh_keyfile)
+            m = manhole.AuthorizedKeysManhole(ssh_port, ssh_keyfile.encode(get_filesystem_encoding()))
             m.setServiceParent(self)
             self.log("AuthorizedKeysManhole listening on %s" % ssh_port)
 
diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/backupdb.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/backupdb.py
index f134e142..f664ec12 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/backupdb.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/backupdb.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import os.path, sys, time, random, stat
 from allmydata.util.netstring import netstring
 from allmydata.util.hashutil import backupdb_dirhash
 from allmydata.util import base32
+from allmydata.util.fileutil import abspath_expanduser_unicode
+from allmydata.util.encodingutil import to_str
 
 DAY = 24*60*60
 MONTH = 30*DAY
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ class BackupDB_v2:
         current working directory. The database stores absolute pathnames.
         """
 
-        path = os.path.abspath(path)
+        path = abspath_expanduser_unicode(path)
         s = os.stat(path)
         size = s[stat.ST_SIZE]
         ctime = s[stat.ST_CTIME]
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ class BackupDB_v2:
         probability = min(max(probability, 0.0), 1.0)
         should_check = bool(random.random() < probability)
 
-        return FileResult(self, str(filecap), should_check,
+        return FileResult(self, to_str(filecap), should_check,
                           path, mtime, ctime, size)
 
     def get_or_allocate_fileid_for_cap(self, filecap):
@@ -349,7 +351,7 @@ class BackupDB_v2:
         probability = min(max(probability, 0.0), 1.0)
         should_check = bool(random.random() < probability)
 
-        return DirectoryResult(self, dirhash_s, str(dircap), should_check)
+        return DirectoryResult(self, dirhash_s, to_str(dircap), should_check)
 
     def did_create_directory(self, dircap, dirhash):
         now = time.time()
diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/create_node.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/create_node.py
index 65b18a61..65228bf8 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/create_node.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/create_node.py
@@ -85,9 +85,12 @@ def write_node_config(c, config):
 
 
 def create_node(basedir, config, out=sys.stdout, err=sys.stderr):
+    # This should always be called with an absolute Unicode basedir.
+    precondition(isinstance(basedir, unicode), basedir)
+
     if os.path.exists(basedir):
-        if os.listdir(basedir):
-            print >>err, "The base directory \"%s\", which is \"%s\" is not empty." % (basedir, os.path.abspath(basedir))
+        if listdir_unicode(basedir):
+            print >>err, "The base directory %s is not empty." % quote_output(basedir)
             print >>err, "To avoid clobbering anything, I am going to quit now."
             print >>err, "Please use a different directory, or empty this one."
             return -1
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ def create_node(basedir, config, out=sys.stdout, err=sys.stderr):
 
     from allmydata.util import fileutil
     fileutil.make_dirs(os.path.join(basedir, "private"), 0700)
-    print >>out, "Node created in %s" % basedir
+    print >>out, "Node created in %s" % quote_output(basedir)
     if not config.get("introducer", ""):
         print >>out, " Please set [client]introducer.furl= in tahoe.cfg!"
         print >>out, " The node cannot connect to a grid without it."
@@ -144,9 +147,12 @@ def create_client(basedir, config, out=sys.stdout, err=sys.stderr):
 
 
 def create_introducer(basedir, config, out=sys.stdout, err=sys.stderr):
+    # This should always be called with an absolute Unicode basedir.
+    precondition(isinstance(basedir, unicode), basedir)
+
     if os.path.exists(basedir):
-        if os.listdir(basedir):
-            print >>err, "The base directory \"%s\", which is \"%s\" is not empty." % (basedir, os.path.abspath(basedir))
+        if listdir_unicode(basedir):
+            print >>err, "The base directory %s is not empty." % quote_output(basedir)
             print >>err, "To avoid clobbering anything, I am going to quit now."
             print >>err, "Please use a different directory, or empty this one."
             return -1
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@ def create_introducer(basedir, config, out=sys.stdout, err=sys.stderr):
     write_node_config(c, config)
     c.close()
 
-    print >>out, "Introducer created in %s" % basedir
+    print >>out, "Introducer created in %s" % quote_output(basedir)
 
 
 subCommands = [
diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/debug.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/debug.py
index 3c17c7ba..7bb225f8 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/debug.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/debug.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import struct, time, os
 from twisted.python import usage, failure
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+
 class DumpOptions(usage.Options):
     def getSynopsis(self):
         return "Usage: tahoe debug dump-share SHARE_FILENAME"
@@ -28,15 +29,17 @@ verify-cap for the file that uses the share.
         return t
 
     def parseArgs(self, filename):
-        self['filename'] = filename
+        from allmydata.util.encodingutil import argv_to_abspath
+        self['filename'] = argv_to_abspath(filename)
 
 def dump_share(options):
     from allmydata.storage.mutable import MutableShareFile
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output
 
     out = options.stdout
 
     # check the version, to see if we have a mutable or immutable share
-    print >>out, "share filename: %s" % options['filename']
+    print >>out, "share filename: %s" % quote_output(options['filename'])
 
     f = open(options['filename'], "rb")
     prefix = f.read(32)
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ def dump_immutable_chk_share(f, out, options):
     from allmydata import uri
     from allmydata.util import base32
     from allmydata.immutable.layout import ReadBucketProxy
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output, to_str
+
     # use a ReadBucketProxy to parse the bucket and find the uri extension
     bp = ReadBucketProxy(None, '', '')
     offsets = bp._parse_offsets(f.read_share_data(0, 0x44))
@@ -104,14 +109,16 @@ def dump_immutable_chk_share(f, out, options):
     # the storage index isn't stored in the share itself, so we depend upon
     # knowing the parent directory name to get it
     pieces = options['filename'].split(os.sep)
-    if len(pieces) >= 2 and base32.could_be_base32_encoded(pieces[-2]):
-        storage_index = base32.a2b(pieces[-2])
-        uri_extension_hash = base32.a2b(unpacked["UEB_hash"])
-        u = uri.CHKFileVerifierURI(storage_index, uri_extension_hash,
-                                   unpacked["needed_shares"],
-                                   unpacked["total_shares"], unpacked["size"])
-        verify_cap = u.to_string()
-        print >>out, "%20s: %s" % ("verify-cap", verify_cap)
+    if len(pieces) >= 2:
+        piece = to_str(pieces[-2])
+        if base32.could_be_base32_encoded(piece):
+            storage_index = base32.a2b(piece)
+            uri_extension_hash = base32.a2b(unpacked["UEB_hash"])
+            u = uri.CHKFileVerifierURI(storage_index, uri_extension_hash,
+                                      unpacked["needed_shares"],
+                                      unpacked["total_shares"], unpacked["size"])
+            verify_cap = u.to_string()
+            print >>out, "%20s: %s" % ("verify-cap", quote_output(verify_cap, quotemarks=False))
 
     sizes = {}
     sizes['data'] = (offsets['plaintext_hash_tree'] -
@@ -210,6 +217,7 @@ def dump_SDMF_share(m, length, options):
     from allmydata.mutable.common import NeedMoreDataError
     from allmydata.util import base32, hashutil
     from allmydata.uri import SSKVerifierURI
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output, to_str
 
     offset = m.DATA_OFFSET
 
@@ -256,12 +264,14 @@ def dump_SDMF_share(m, length, options):
     # the storage index isn't stored in the share itself, so we depend upon
     # knowing the parent directory name to get it
     pieces = options['filename'].split(os.sep)
-    if len(pieces) >= 2 and base32.could_be_base32_encoded(pieces[-2]):
-        storage_index = base32.a2b(pieces[-2])
-        fingerprint = hashutil.ssk_pubkey_fingerprint_hash(pubkey)
-        u = SSKVerifierURI(storage_index, fingerprint)
-        verify_cap = u.to_string()
-        print >>out, "  verify-cap:", verify_cap
+    if len(pieces) >= 2:
+        piece = to_str(pieces[-2])
+        if base32.could_be_base32_encoded(piece):
+            storage_index = base32.a2b(piece)
+            fingerprint = hashutil.ssk_pubkey_fingerprint_hash(pubkey)
+            u = SSKVerifierURI(storage_index, fingerprint)
+            verify_cap = u.to_string()
+            print >>out, "  verify-cap:", quote_output(verify_cap, quotemarks=False)
 
     if options['offsets']:
         # NOTE: this offset-calculation code is fragile, and needs to be
@@ -380,6 +390,7 @@ def dump_uri_instance(u, nodeid, secret, out, show_header=True):
     from allmydata import uri
     from allmydata.storage.server import si_b2a
     from allmydata.util import base32, hashutil
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output
 
     if isinstance(u, uri.CHKFileURI):
         if show_header:
@@ -401,7 +412,7 @@ def dump_uri_instance(u, nodeid, secret, out, show_header=True):
     elif isinstance(u, uri.LiteralFileURI):
         if show_header:
             print >>out, "Literal File URI:"
-        print >>out, " data:", u.data
+        print >>out, " data:", quote_output(u.data)
 
     elif isinstance(u, uri.WriteableSSKFileURI):
         if show_header:
@@ -447,9 +458,12 @@ def dump_uri_instance(u, nodeid, secret, out, show_header=True):
 class FindSharesOptions(usage.Options):
     def getSynopsis(self):
         return "Usage: tahoe debug find-shares STORAGE_INDEX NODEDIRS.."
+
     def parseArgs(self, storage_index_s, *nodedirs):
+        from allmydata.util.encodingutil import argv_to_abspath
         self.si_s = storage_index_s
-        self.nodedirs = nodedirs
+        self.nodedirs = map(argv_to_abspath, nodedirs)
+
     def getUsage(self, width=None):
         t = usage.Options.getUsage(self, width)
         t += """
@@ -478,13 +492,14 @@ def find_shares(options):
     /home/warner/testnet/node-2/storage/shares/44k/44kai1tui348689nrw8fjegc8c/2
     """
     from allmydata.storage.server import si_a2b, storage_index_to_dir
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import listdir_unicode
 
     out = options.stdout
     sharedir = storage_index_to_dir(si_a2b(options.si_s))
     for d in options.nodedirs:
-        d = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(d), "storage/shares", sharedir)
+        d = os.path.join(d, "storage/shares", sharedir)
         if os.path.exists(d):
-            for shnum in os.listdir(d):
+            for shnum in listdir_unicode(d):
                 print >>out, os.path.join(d, shnum)
 
     return 0
@@ -495,7 +510,8 @@ class CatalogSharesOptions(usage.Options):
 
     """
     def parseArgs(self, *nodedirs):
-        self.nodedirs = nodedirs
+        from allmydata.util.encodingutil import argv_to_abspath
+        self.nodedirs = map(argv_to_abspath, nodedirs)
         if not nodedirs:
             raise usage.UsageError("must specify at least one node directory")
 
@@ -543,6 +559,7 @@ def describe_share(abs_sharefile, si_s, shnum_s, now, out):
     from allmydata.mutable.common import NeedMoreDataError
     from allmydata.immutable.layout import ReadBucketProxy
     from allmydata.util import base32
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output
     import struct
 
     f = open(abs_sharefile, "rb")
@@ -582,9 +599,9 @@ def describe_share(abs_sharefile, si_s, shnum_s, now, out):
             print >>out, "SDMF %s %d/%d %d #%d:%s %d %s" % \
                   (si_s, k, N, datalen,
                    seqnum, base32.b2a(root_hash),
-                   expiration, abs_sharefile)
+                   expiration, quote_output(abs_sharefile))
         else:
-            print >>out, "UNKNOWN mutable %s" % (abs_sharefile,)
+            print >>out, "UNKNOWN mutable %s" % quote_output(abs_sharefile)
 
     elif struct.unpack(">L", prefix[:4]) == (1,):
         # immutable
@@ -616,21 +633,23 @@ def describe_share(abs_sharefile, si_s, shnum_s, now, out):
 
         print >>out, "CHK %s %d/%d %d %s %d %s" % (si_s, k, N, filesize,
                                                    ueb_hash, expiration,
-                                                   abs_sharefile)
+                                                   quote_output(abs_sharefile))
 
     else:
-        print >>out, "UNKNOWN really-unknown %s" % (abs_sharefile,)
+        print >>out, "UNKNOWN really-unknown %s" % quote_output(abs_sharefile)
 
     f.close()
 
 def catalog_shares(options):
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import listdir_unicode, quote_output
+
     out = options.stdout
     err = options.stderr
     now = time.time()
     for d in options.nodedirs:
-        d = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(d), "storage/shares")
+        d = os.path.join(d, "storage/shares")
         try:
-            abbrevs = os.listdir(d)
+            abbrevs = listdir_unicode(d)
         except EnvironmentError:
             # ignore nodes that have storage turned off altogether
             pass
@@ -640,33 +659,34 @@ def catalog_shares(options):
                     continue
                 abbrevdir = os.path.join(d, abbrevdir)
                 # this tool may get run against bad disks, so we can't assume
-                # that os.listdir will always succeed. Try to catalog as much
+                # that listdir_unicode will always succeed. Try to catalog as much
                 # as possible.
                 try:
-                    sharedirs = os.listdir(abbrevdir)
+                    sharedirs = listdir_unicode(abbrevdir)
                     for si_s in sharedirs:
                         si_dir = os.path.join(abbrevdir, si_s)
                         catalog_shares_one_abbrevdir(si_s, si_dir, now, out,err)
                 except:
-                    print >>err, "Error processing %s" % abbrevdir
+                    print >>err, "Error processing %s" % quote_output(abbrevdir)
                     failure.Failure().printTraceback(err)
 
     return 0
 
 def catalog_shares_one_abbrevdir(si_s, si_dir, now, out, err):
+    from allmydata.util.encodingutil import listdir_unicode, quote_output
+
     try:
-        for shnum_s in os.listdir(si_dir):
+        for shnum_s in listdir_unicode(si_dir):
             abs_sharefile = os.path.join(si_dir, shnum_s)
-            abs_sharefile = os.path.abspath(abs_sharefile)
             assert os.path.isfile(abs_sharefile)
             try:
                 describe_share(abs_sharefile, si_s, shnum_s, now,
                                out)
             except:
-                print >>err, "Error processing %s" % abs_sharefile
+                print >>err, "Error processing %s" % quote_output(abs_sharefile)
                 failure.Failure().printTraceback(err)
     except:
-        print >>err, "Error processing %s" % si_dir
+        print >>err, "Error processing %s" % quote_output(si_dir)
         failure.Failure().printTraceback(err)
 
 class CorruptShareOptions(usage.Options):
diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/keygen.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/keygen.py
index 787ed271..1b0cbad8 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/keygen.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/keygen.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def create_key_generator(config, out=sys.stdout, err=sys.stderr):
         print >>err, "a basedir was not provided, please use --basedir or -C"
         return -1
     if os.path.exists(basedir):
-        if os.listdir(basedir):
-            print >>err, "The base directory \"%s\", which is \"%s\" is not empty." % (basedir, os.path.abspath(basedir))
+        if listdir_unicode(basedir):
+            print >>err, "The base directory %s is not empty." % quote_output(basedir)
             print >>err, "To avoid clobbering anything, I am going to quit now."
             print >>err, "Please use a different directory, or empty this one."
             return -1
diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py
index b7155536..badc35e3 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from allmydata.util import time_format
 from allmydata.scripts import backupdb
 from allmydata.util.encodingutil import listdir_unicode, quote_output, to_str, FilenameEncodingError
 from allmydata.util.assertutil import precondition
+from allmydata.util.fileutil import abspath_expanduser_unicode
 
 
 def get_local_metadata(path):
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class BackerUpper:
         self.backupdb = None
         bdbfile = os.path.join(options["node-directory"],
                                "private", "backupdb.sqlite")
-        bdbfile = os.path.abspath(bdbfile)
+        bdbfile = abspath_expanduser_unicode(bdbfile)
         self.backupdb = backupdb.get_backupdb(bdbfile, stderr)
         if not self.backupdb:
             print >>stderr, "ERROR: Unable to load backup db."
diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py
index 5ef9de14..4c41db04 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_cp.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from allmydata.scripts.common import get_alias, escape_path, \
 from allmydata.scripts.common_http import do_http, HTTPError
 from allmydata import uri
 from allmydata.util import fileutil
+from allmydata.util.fileutil import abspath_expanduser_unicode
 from allmydata.util.encodingutil import unicode_to_url, listdir_unicode, quote_output, to_str
 from allmydata.util.assertutil import precondition
 
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ class Copier:
         rootcap, path = get_alias(self.aliases, destination_spec, None)
         if rootcap == DefaultAliasMarker:
             # no alias, so this is a local file
-            pathname = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path.decode('utf-8')))
+            pathname = abspath_expanduser_unicode(path.decode('utf-8'))
             if not os.path.exists(pathname):
                 t = LocalMissingTarget(pathname)
             elif os.path.isdir(pathname):
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ class Copier:
         rootcap, path = get_alias(self.aliases, source_spec, None)
         if rootcap == DefaultAliasMarker:
             # no alias, so this is a local file
-            pathname = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path.decode('utf-8')))
+            pathname = abspath_expanduser_unicode(path.decode('utf-8'))
             name = os.path.basename(pathname)
             if not os.path.exists(pathname):
                 raise MissingSourceError(source_spec)
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py b/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py
index 30d29fcd..fbe8f5f1 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ class GridTesterOptions(usage.Options):
         ]
 
     def parseArgs(self, nodedir, tahoe):
-        self.nodedir = nodedir
-        self.tahoe = os.path.abspath(tahoe)
+        # Note: does not support Unicode arguments.
+        self.nodedir = os.path.expanduser(nodedir)
+        self.tahoe = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(tahoe))
 
 class CommandFailed(Exception):
     pass
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/check_memory.py b/src/allmydata/test/check_memory.py
index 83b25f84..3ef32f94 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/check_memory.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/check_memory.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from allmydata import client, introducer
 from allmydata.immutable import upload
 from allmydata.scripts import create_node
 from allmydata.util import fileutil, pollmixin
+from allmydata.util.fileutil import abspath_expanduser_unicode
+from allmydata.util.encodingutil import get_filesystem_encoding
 from foolscap.api import Tub, fireEventually, flushEventualQueue
 from twisted.python import log
 
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ class SystemFramework(pollmixin.PollMixin):
     numnodes = 7
 
     def __init__(self, basedir, mode):
-        self.basedir = basedir = os.path.abspath(basedir)
-        if not basedir.startswith(os.path.abspath(".")):
+        self.basedir = basedir = abspath_expanduser_unicode(unicode(basedir))
+        if not (basedir + os.path.sep).startswith(abspath_expanduser_unicode(u".") + os.path.sep):
             raise AssertionError("safety issue: basedir must be a subdir")
         self.testdir = testdir = os.path.join(basedir, "test")
         if os.path.exists(testdir):
@@ -226,7 +228,9 @@ this file are ignored.
     def start_client(self):
         # this returns a Deferred that fires with the client's control.furl
         log.msg("MAKING CLIENT")
-        clientdir = self.clientdir = os.path.join(self.testdir, "client")
+        # self.testdir is an absolute Unicode path
+        clientdir = self.clientdir = os.path.join(self.testdir, u"client")
+        clientdir_str = clientdir.encode(get_filesystem_encoding())
         quiet = StringIO()
         create_node.create_node(clientdir, {}, out=quiet)
         log.msg("DONE MAKING CLIENT")
@@ -265,7 +269,7 @@ this file are ignored.
         logfile = os.path.join(self.basedir, "client.log")
         cmd = ["twistd", "-n", "-y", "tahoe-client.tac", "-l", logfile]
         env = os.environ.copy()
-        self.proc = reactor.spawnProcess(pp, cmd[0], cmd, env, path=clientdir)
+        self.proc = reactor.spawnProcess(pp, cmd[0], cmd, env, path=clientdir_str)
         log.msg("CLIENT STARTED")
 
         # now we wait for the client to get started. we're looking for the
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/test_cli.py b/src/allmydata/test/test_cli.py
index cec32e42..6cb2786f 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/test_cli.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/test_cli.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ from twisted.python import usage
 from allmydata.util.assertutil import precondition
 from allmydata.util.encodingutil import listdir_unicode, unicode_platform, \
     quote_output, get_output_encoding, get_argv_encoding, get_filesystem_encoding, \
-    unicode_to_output, to_str
+    unicode_to_output, to_str, to_argv
+from allmydata.util.fileutil import abspath_expanduser_unicode
 
 timeout = 480 # deep_check takes 360s on Zandr's linksys box, others take > 240s
 
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ class CLI(CLITestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         u = uri.LiteralFileURI("this is some data")
         output = self._dump_cap(u.to_string())
         self.failUnless("Literal File URI:" in output, output)
-        self.failUnless("data: this is some data" in output, output)
+        self.failUnless("data: 'this is some data'" in output, output)
 
     def test_dump_cap_ssk(self):
         writekey = "\x01" * 16
@@ -774,7 +775,7 @@ class Put(GridTestMixin, CLITestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         self.set_up_grid()
 
         rel_fn = os.path.join(self.basedir, "DATAFILE")
-        abs_fn = os.path.abspath(rel_fn)
+        abs_fn = to_argv(abspath_expanduser_unicode(unicode(rel_fn)))
         # we make the file small enough to fit in a LIT file, for speed
         fileutil.write(rel_fn, "short file")
         d = self.do_cli("put", rel_fn)
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/test_encodingutil.py b/src/allmydata/test/test_encodingutil.py
index d788abf5..4d2c8ed5 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/test_encodingutil.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/test_encodingutil.py
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@ class StdlibUnicode(unittest.TestCase):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("%r\nIt is possible that the filesystem on which this test is being run "
                                     "does not support Unicode, even though the platform does." % (e,))
 
-        fn = lumiere_nfc + '/' + lumiere_nfc + '.txt'
+        fn = lumiere_nfc + u'/' + lumiere_nfc + u'.txt'
         open(fn, 'wb').close()
         self.failUnless(os.path.exists(fn))
-        self.failUnless(os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(fn)))
+        self.failUnless(os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwdu(), fn)))
         filenames = listdir_unicode(lumiere_nfc)
 
         # We only require that the listing includes a filename that is canonically equivalent
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/test_runner.py b/src/allmydata/test/test_runner.py
index 346a32ca..74203933 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/test_runner.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/test_runner.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class CreateNode(unittest.TestCase):
         rc, out, err = self.run_tahoe(argv)
         self.failIfEqual(rc, 0, str((out, err, rc)))
         self.failUnlessEqual(out, "")
-        self.failUnless("is not empty." in err)
+        self.failUnlessIn("is not empty.", err)
 
         # make sure it rejects too many arguments
         argv = ["create-key-generator", "basedir", "extraarg"]
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/test_system.py b/src/allmydata/test/test_system.py
index 9c285799..e2062ba4 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/test_system.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/test_system.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from allmydata.immutable import offloaded, upload
 from allmydata.immutable.filenode import ImmutableFileNode, LiteralFileNode
 from allmydata.util import idlib, mathutil
 from allmydata.util import log, base32
+from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output
+from allmydata.util.fileutil import abspath_expanduser_unicode
 from allmydata.util.consumer import MemoryConsumer, download_to_data
 from allmydata.scripts import runner
 from allmydata.interfaces import IDirectoryNode, IFileNode, \
@@ -1285,9 +1287,9 @@ class SystemTest(SystemTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
                 if magic == '\x00\x00\x00\x01':
                     break
         else:
-            self.fail("unable to find any uri_extension files in %s"
+            self.fail("unable to find any uri_extension files in %r"
                       % self.basedir)
-        log.msg("test_system.SystemTest._test_runner using %s" % filename)
+        log.msg("test_system.SystemTest._test_runner using %r" % filename)
 
         out,err = StringIO(), StringIO()
         rc = runner.runner(["debug", "dump-share", "--offsets",
@@ -1298,12 +1300,12 @@ class SystemTest(SystemTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
 
         # we only upload a single file, so we can assert some things about
         # its size and shares.
-        self.failUnless(("share filename: %s" % filename) in output)
-        self.failUnless("size: %d\n" % len(self.data) in output)
-        self.failUnless("num_segments: 1\n" in output)
+        self.failUnlessIn("share filename: %s" % quote_output(abspath_expanduser_unicode(filename)), output)
+        self.failUnlessIn("size: %d\n" % len(self.data), output)
+        self.failUnlessIn("num_segments: 1\n", output)
         # segment_size is always a multiple of needed_shares
-        self.failUnless("segment_size: %d\n" % mathutil.next_multiple(len(self.data), 3) in output)
-        self.failUnless("total_shares: 10\n" in output)
+        self.failUnlessIn("segment_size: %d\n" % mathutil.next_multiple(len(self.data), 3), output)
+        self.failUnlessIn("total_shares: 10\n", output)
         # keys which are supposed to be present
         for key in ("size", "num_segments", "segment_size",
                     "needed_shares", "total_shares",
@@ -1311,8 +1313,8 @@ class SystemTest(SystemTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
                     #"plaintext_hash", "plaintext_root_hash",
                     "crypttext_hash", "crypttext_root_hash",
                     "share_root_hash", "UEB_hash"):
-            self.failUnless("%s: " % key in output, key)
-        self.failUnless("  verify-cap: URI:CHK-Verifier:" in output)
+            self.failUnlessIn("%s: " % key, output)
+        self.failUnlessIn("  verify-cap: URI:CHK-Verifier:", output)
 
         # now use its storage index to find the other shares using the
         # 'find-shares' tool