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600268506 MDU6SXNzdWU2MDAyNjg1MDY= 3974 load_dataset fails when filename is unicode 12728107 closed 0     4 2020-04-15T12:42:49Z 2022-05-06T08:13:04Z 2022-05-06T08:13:04Z NONE      

It seems like xarray does not handle unicode file names. The error is present even if the unicode characters appear in the parent path.

MCVE Code Sample

python import xarray as xr import os xr.Dataset().to_netcdf('caesar.nc') os.rename('caesar.nc', 'cæsar.nc') try: xr.load_dataset('cæsar.nc') print('Success') except FileNotFoundError: print('File not found')

Expected Output

'Success'

Actual Output

'File not found'

Problem Description

xarray does not recognize file names with unicode letters

Versions

Output of `xr.show_versions()` INSTALLED VERSIONS ------------------ commit: None python: 3.7.7 (default, Mar 23 2020, 23:19:08) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] python-bits: 64 OS: Windows OS-release: 10 machine: AMD64 processor: Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel byteorder: little LC_ALL: None LANG: None LOCALE: None.None libhdf5: 1.10.4 libnetcdf: 4.6.1 xarray: 0.15.1 pandas: 1.0.3 numpy: 1.18.1 scipy: 1.4.1 netCDF4: 1.4.2 pydap: None h5netcdf: None h5py: 2.10.0 Nio: None zarr: None cftime: 1.1.1.1 nc_time_axis: None PseudoNetCDF: None rasterio: None cfgrib: None iris: None bottleneck: None dask: 2.14.0 distributed: 2.14.0 matplotlib: 3.1.0 cartopy: 0.17.0 seaborn: None numbagg: None setuptools: 46.1.3.post20200330 pip: 20.0.2 conda: 4.8.3 pytest: 5.4.1 IPython: 7.13.0 sphinx: None 
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