Michael - Which version of RB?
Tim -- Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 19, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Michael Gerbes wrote: > Hi Joe, > > I'm very sorry, I realized just now, that I was replying to a mail > from January 06 (not 07 as I believed.) > > My problem: > I'm using the "cp" command to copy files. Files with names containing > "Umlauts" (ä,ö,ü,etc.) are not copied. > I believed, that your advice (Converting the UTF8 string to octal) > could help me out, but I realize now, that it was taken out of > context. As you pointed out, the Shellpath already contains the octal > representation of the Umlauts, but nonetheless the following code is > not working (Error 1) for files containing Umlauts in their names... > > (source, destination as folderitem) > dim b as string > b = "cp -fpR "+source.ShellPath+" "+destination.ShellPath > me.Execute b > > > Greetings, > Michael > > > Am 19.02.2007 um 16:15 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> On Feb 19, 2007, at 09:29 UTC, Michael Gerbes wrote: >> >>> A quick follow-up question: >>> >>> Converting from the Folderitem to the shellpath: >>> >>> (source as folderitem) >>> >>> dim s, sneu as string >>> s = source.ShellPath.ConvertEncoding(Encodings.UTF8) >>> >>> for i as integer = 0 to lenb(s) >>> dim t as integer = midb(s,i,1).ascb >>> if t > 127 then >>> sneu = sneu + "\"+Oct(t) >>> else >>> sneu = sneu + midb(s,i,1) >>> end if >>> next >>> >>> I am obviously doing something wrong here, because the shell is >>> still >>> not recognizing this path... >> >> I wouldn't expect this to do anything, because ShellPath already has >> any non-ASCII characters encoded in octal, doesn't it? Your code >> would >> seem to be attempting to do this again, which wouldn't have any >> effect. >> >> But I also don't understand why you're trying to do this... the shell >> should recognize a .ShellPath without any alteration, that being the >> whole point of ShellPath. The only caveat is that different shells >> may >> have different standards for handling non-ASCII characters. I >> believe >> Jon Johnson posted something about this not too long ago, but I'm >> afraid I didn't really pay attention as it's not an issue I've run >> into >> myself. >> >> Best, >> - Joe >> >> -- >> Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" >> http://www.verex.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: >> <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> >> >> Search the archives: >> <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
