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src/lib/ae_utils/ae_utils.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { process_permission_checks } from './ae_utils__perm_checks';
 import { iso_datetime_formatter } from './ae_utils__datetime_format';
 import { is_datetime_recent } from './ae_utils__is_datetime_recent';
-import { format_bytes, guess_file_name, guess_file_extension, get_file_hash } from './ae_utils__files';
+import { clean_filename, format_bytes, guess_file_name, guess_file_extension, get_file_hash } from './ae_utils__files';
 
 type key_str = {
     [key: string]: string;
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ export let ae_util = {
     is_datetime_recent: is_datetime_recent,
     process_permission_checks: process_permission_checks,
     iso_datetime_formatter: iso_datetime_formatter,
+    clean_filename: clean_filename,
     format_bytes: format_bytes,
     number_w_commas: number_w_commas,
     guess_file_name: guess_file_name,

src/lib/ae_utils/ae_utils__files.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 // These are all file related functions.
 
+// Use a defined list of unacceptable characters to remove from a filename.
+// Updated 2024-10-18
+export let clean_filename = function clean_filename(filename: any|string, unacceptable_chars: RegExp = /[ <>:"/\\|?*]/g, replacement_char: string = '_') {
+    // console.log('*** clean_filename() ***');
+    if (!filename) {
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    let cleaned_filename = filename.replace(unacceptable_chars, replacement_char);
+    // console.log(cleaned_filename);
+    return cleaned_filename;
+}
+
+
 export let format_bytes = function format_bytes(
         bytes: number,
         decimals: number = 2