[macOS] Picked file with name containing forward slash can't be found

[kaciula]

On macOS, the GUI allows for file names to contain the forward slash character, like: Cha/Cha 1 Start.mp4 In terminal, this same file looks like: Cha:Cha 1 Start.mp4 This seems to be "normal" behavior on macOS. Forward slash inside filenames is allowed in GUI but colon is not. The opposite is true in terminal: colon is allowed in terminal but forward slash is not. Accordingly. macOS shows a different filename for the same file in the GUI vs terminal. If you create file with a colon in terminal, its name will contain a forward slash in Finder or any other GUI.

My issue is that my macOS app cannot find a picked file that contains forward slashes in the name. Trying to copy it does not work as the path has a wrong forward slash due to the file name. The forward slash needs to be replaced with a colon in order for the operation to work.

This issue does not appear on iOS as the picked file has the correct filename with the colon replacing the forward slash.

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