> I think that UTF8 is simply used as the transport encoding. > The sending side will ensure that the filenames "on the wire" > are UTF8, and the receiving side will convert that UTF8 into > whatever is required.
I checked with tcpdump what is being transmitted between the hosts and found that filenames are not in UTF8 during the transfer, unless sending side is using UTF8 natively. Here's partial packet export from utf-8 to iso8859-1 transfer: 0060 04 18 2f 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 2d 66 69 6c 65 2d ../example-file- 0070 c3 b6 c3 a4 c3 a5 2e 74 78 74 00 05 00 47 2f 99 .......txt...G/. Here's partial packet export from iso8859-1 to utf-8 transfer: 0060 04 15 2f 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 2d 66 69 6c 65 2d ../example-file- 0070 f6 e4 e5 2e 74 78 74 00 05 00 47 bd f1 c3 a4 81 ....txt...G..... Transferred / converted filename is still "example-file-öäå.txt". Regards, Sami -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
