UTF-8 characters in Linux files

[ma...@uk.nomura.com]

Hi,

I am using samba 3 to convert files from Windows to Linux. The filenames
look strange in Linux because the terminal does not understand UTF-8 but
I believe the encoding is correct in terms of bits n bytes. svn is
complaining about the filename not being UTF-8.

Does latest svn support UTF-8 type Linux filenames? 

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Re: UTF-8 characters in Linux files

[Ulrich Eckhardt <ec...@satorlaser.com>]

On Monday 22 May 2006 12:47, martin.smith@uk.nomura.com wrote:
> I am using samba 3 to convert files from Windows to Linux. The filenames
> look strange in Linux because the terminal does not understand UTF-8 but
> I believe the encoding is correct in terms of bits n bytes. svn is
> complaining about the filename not being UTF-8.

Please, no guessing. Just tell us exactly what you did and what errors you 
got. Also, in this case, please describe names that might be mangled by 
mailclients, just to be sure.

> Does latest svn support UTF-8 type Linux filenames?

Yes. It requires a correctly setup shell (locale) though, which is documented. 
Another obstacle is that Samba also needs to be setup correctly with respect 
to the codepage. Both can be setup to work mostly but fail or silently 
produce bogus data with anything that is not part of a small common subset.

Uli

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