On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 02:31:21PM +0200, Chaim Keren Tzion wrote:
> Didi,
>
> Could you post the script you mention that you use for converting cp862 and
> iso8859-8 filed and directories to UTF-8?
I don't mind to, but I recently saw on freshmeat something called
'convmv' which is probably better. If you try it, please tell us
what you think about it. Especially if you have non-trivial filenames.
--
Didi
>
> Thanks
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> On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 10:15:58PM +0200, Gal Goldschmidt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The solution is very simple, you need to convert the Hebrew file names on
> the
> > server to UTF-8 encoded.
> >
> > Here is a script adopted from the SAMBA docs:
> > find /path/to/share -type f -exec bash -c 'CP="{}"; ISO=`echo -n "$CP" | \
> > iconv -f cp862 -t UTF-8`; if [ "$CP" != "$ISO" ]; then mv "$CP" \
> > "$ISO"; fi' \;
>
>
> I did not try it myself, I use a bit different one, but you surely need
> at least '-depth' or you will have problems with Hebrew dirs with
> Hebrew files in them. I suggest, in any case, that you double-check it
> before running, especially on a large, multi-user file server. Windows
> users love to put all kinds of characters in their file names - at
> least put in your test cases all punctuation (including all types of
> quotes), and also files whos names will be the same (e.g. one was
> written with cp862 and the other with iso8859-8 - this happened to us
> with a netapp that was accessed both directly from Windows and through
> samba) - and change the script to do what's best for you in such a case.
>
>
> --
> Didi
> >
> > Bye
> > Gal
> >
> >
> > On Sunday 26 October 2003 20:07, Dotan Mazor wrote:
> > > Well, you could try to write "utf-8" instead of "utf". I didn't have to
> > > change anything, but then, I got all my Hebrew files changed to undescores
> > > (like this: ________.___), which made me brake a few chairs.
> > >
> > > Oh well, I guess you better take advices from someone who knows at least a
> > > bit of what he's talking about...
> > >
> > > Dotan
> > > ---
> > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:25:03 +0200, Ben-Nes Michael <miki_at_canaan.co.il>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi All & Shana Tova
> > > >
> > > > im trying to move my files from samba 2.x to 3.x version.
> > > >
> > > > I mounted the old samba on /mnt/oldsmb but I couldn't find how to tell
> > > > it to
> > > > load it as utf ( on the Linux side ) and I just get gibberish on console,
> > > > win$ & putty.
> > > >
> > > > I think its something with the charset but I couldn't find the right
> > > > combination:
> > > >
> > > > mount -t smbfs -o iocharset=he_IL.utf,codepage=win1255 //Share2/documents
> > > > /mnt/oldsmb/
> > > >
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