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diff --git a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
index 392f1f9..3e508eb 100644
--- a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.7)
- * Copyright (C) 2011 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, J Engelhardt, LM Lui, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
  * 
  * This file is part of Jalview.
  * 
@@ -51,4 +51,23 @@ public class Platform
     // TODO: determine nominal limits for most platforms.
     return 2046; // this is the max length for a windows NT system.
   }
+
+  /**
+   * escape a string according to the local platform's escape character
+   * @param file
+   * @return escaped file
+   */
+  public static String escapeString(String file)
+  {
+    StringBuffer f=new StringBuffer();
+    int p=0,lastp=0;
+    while ((p=file.indexOf('\\',lastp))>-1)
+    {
+      f.append(file.subSequence(lastp,p));
+      f.append("\\\\");
+      lastp=p+1;
+    }
+    f.append(file.substring(lastp));
+    return f.toString();
+  }
 }