old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  #
  # Copyright (c) 2013 Will Bond <will@wbond.net>
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  #
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  # SOFTWARE.
  
  
  import sys
  
  from watchdog.utils import platform
  
  try:
      # Python 2
      str_cls = unicode
      bytes_cls = str
  except NameError:
      # Python 3
      str_cls = str
      bytes_cls = bytes
  
  
  fs_encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
  # This is used by Linux when the locale seems to be improperly set. UTF-8 tends
  # to be the encoding used by all distros, so this is a good fallback.
  fs_fallback_encoding = 'utf-8'
  
  
  def encode(path):
      if isinstance(path, str_cls):
          try:
              path = path.encode(fs_encoding, 'strict')
          except UnicodeEncodeError:
              if not platform.is_linux():
                  raise
              path = path.encode(fs_fallback_encoding, 'strict')
      return path
  
  
  def decode(path):
      if isinstance(path, bytes_cls):
          try:
              path = path.decode(fs_encoding, 'strict')
          except UnicodeDecodeError:
              if not platform.is_linux():
                  raise
              path = path.decode(fs_fallback_encoding, 'strict')
      return path
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  #
  # Copyright (c) 2013 Will Bond <will@wbond.net>
  #
  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  #
  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  #
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  # SOFTWARE.
  
  
  import sys
  
  from watchdog.utils import platform
  
  try:
      # Python 2
      str_cls = unicode
      bytes_cls = str
  except NameError:
      # Python 3
      str_cls = str
      bytes_cls = bytes
  
  
  # This is used by Linux when the locale seems to be improperly set. UTF-8 tends
  # to be the encoding used by all distros, so this is a good fallback.
  fs_fallback_encoding = 'utf-8'
  fs_encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding() or fs_fallback_encoding
  
  
  def encode(path):
      if isinstance(path, str_cls):
          try:
              path = path.encode(fs_encoding, 'strict')
          except UnicodeEncodeError:
              if not platform.is_linux():
                  raise
              path = path.encode(fs_fallback_encoding, 'strict')
      return path
  
  
  def decode(path):
      if isinstance(path, bytes_cls):
          try:
              path = path.decode(fs_encoding, 'strict')
          except UnicodeDecodeError:
              if not platform.is_linux():
                  raise
              path = path.decode(fs_fallback_encoding, 'strict')
      return path
  
subject: fix fallback encoding. getfilesystemencoding() can be None.