[cache] Fix writing to paths with unicode characters

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / cache.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/cache.py b/youtube_dl/cache.py
index 2d9b426cb5e1d33bd64015a0d47ba80a5074403c..5fe839eb1269586db95b9e25b4c8dabcdcd965d9 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/cache.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/cache.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import traceback
 
-from .compat import compat_expanduser
+from .compat import compat_expanduser, compat_getenv
 from .utils import write_json_file
 
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Cache(object):
     def _get_root_dir(self):
         res = self._ydl.params.get('cachedir')
         if res is None:
-            cache_root = os.environ.get('XDG_CACHE_HOME', '~/.cache')
+            cache_root = compat_getenv('XDG_CACHE_HOME', '~/.cache')
             res = os.path.join(cache_root, 'youtube-dl')
         return compat_expanduser(res)