diff --git a/logwriter.py b/logwriter.py
index d98808a..f90f0bb 100644
--- a/logwriter.py
+++ b/logwriter.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class LogWriter:
else:
print "OSError:", detail
+ self.filter = re.compile(r"[\\\/\:\*\?\"\<\>\|]+") #regexp filter for the non-allowed characters in windows filenames.
+
self.writeTarget = ""
if self.options.systemLog != None:
self.systemlog = open(os.path.join(os.path.normpath(self.options.dirName), self.options.systemLog), 'a')
@@ -86,12 +88,9 @@ class LogWriter:
self.PrintDebug("writing to: " + self.writeTarget + "\n")
return
+ subDirName = self.filter.sub(r'__',self.processName) #our subdirname is the full path of the process owning the hwnd, filtered.
- filter=r"[\\\/\:\*\?\"\<\>\|]+" #regexp filter for the non-allowed characters in windows filenames.
-
- subDirName = re.sub(filter,r'__',self.processName) #our subdirname is the full path of the process owning the hwnd, filtered.
-
- WindowName = re.sub(filter,r'__',str(event.WindowName))
+ WindowName = self.filter.sub(r'__',str(event.WindowName))
try:
os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.options.dirName, subDirName), 0777)