Rename files in Rhythmbox lib that can't be on NTFS

update-un-ntfsable-names.py

import os
import pathlib
from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse, unquote, quote
import xml.dom.minidom

REPLACE_CHARS = '<>:'

path = pathlib.Path("~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml").expanduser()
out_path = path.parent / "new_rhythmdb.xml"

print("Updating unNTFSable names in", path, "and outputting to", out_path)

d = xml.dom.minidom.parse(str(path))

for e in d.getElementsByTagName("entry"):
    if e.getAttribute("type") == "song":
        locationNode = e.getElementsByTagName("location")[0].firstChild
        location = locationNode.nodeValue
        u = urlparse(location)
        if u.scheme == "file" and any(c in unquote(u.path) for c in REPLACE_CHARS):
            oldp = unquote(u.path)
            newp = oldp
            for c in REPLACE_CHARS:
                newp = newp.replace(c, "_")
            print("GOTTA FIX", newp)
            new_out_file = pathlib.Path(newp)
            print("    Making", new_out_file.parent)
            try:
                os.makedirs(new_out_file.parent)
            except FileExistsError:
                print("        Already there:", new_out_file.parent)
            os.rename(oldp, newp)
            print("MV", oldp, "->", newp)
            u = u._replace(path=quote(newp))
            print("       JJJJ", urlunparse(u))
            e.getElementsByTagName("location")[0].removeChild(locationNode)
            newPathNode = d.createTextNode(urlunparse(u))
            e.getElementsByTagName("location")[0].appendChild(newPathNode)

with open(out_path, "w") as out_handle:
    d.writexml(out_handle)

print("Copy", out_path, "to", path, "if you're satified with the results")