Currently, igor.py returns the name attribute as bytestring - i.e. as "text" instead of u"text". It would be better if an unicode string was returned.

However, the igor pro docs state the following:

On Mac OS X, the system encoding in effect for Igor is determined by the first language in the Languages
list in the International Preferences panel at the time the Finder is launched. Typical system encodings are
"Mac Roman", for Western European languages, and "Mac Japanese".

On Windows, the system encoding in effect for Igor is determined by the "Language for non-Unicode Pro-
grams" setting in the Advanced tab of the Regional and Language Options control panel at the time the
operating system starts up.

(from http://www.wavemetrics.net/doc/igorman/II-03%20Expts%20Files%20Folders.pdf )

therefore, the best solution would probably be to use
name.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())

I'll see if I can whip up a patch sometime...

In any case, thanks for the library!