Index: python/plugins/fTools/tools/doVectorSplit.py
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--- python/plugins/fTools/tools/doVectorSplit.py	(revision 13425)
+++ python/plugins/fTools/tools/doVectorSplit.py	(working copy)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         index = provider.fieldNameIndex(inField)
         #provider.uniqueValues(index, unique)
         unique = ftools_utils.getUniqueValues(vlayer.dataProvider(), int(index))
-        baseName = outPath + vlayer.name() + "_" + inField + "_"
+        baseName = unicode( outPath + vlayer.name() + "_" + inField + "_" )
         allAttrs = provider.attributeIndexes()
         provider.select(allAttrs)
         fieldList = ftools_utils.getFieldList(vlayer)