--- a/cutils/util/walk.py	Thu Jan 16 20:40:24 2025 +0100
+++ b/cutils/util/walk.py	Thu Jan 16 23:18:04 2025 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
 
 
-__all__ = ["ScanDir"]
+__all__ = ["ScanDir", "getfsencoding"]
 
 
 import os
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
         from scandir import scandir
     except ImportError:
         scandir = None
+import sys
 
 from . import PY2
 
 
+_FSENCODING = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
+
+
 class WalkDirEntry(object):
 
     """A :class:`os.DirEntry` alike to be used in :func:`walk` and for
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@
             assert isinstance(name, bytes)
             self._fsname = name
         else:
+            self._name = name
             self._fsname = os.fsencode(name)
         self._path = None
         self._fspath = None
@@ -209,3 +214,8 @@
 
         def __exit__(self, *args, **kwds):
             pass
+
+
+def getfsencoding():
+    """Return the stored _FSENCODING of this module"""
+    return _FSENCODING