ext3 to ufs: filename character encoding woes
Hi all, Using rsync, I copied a collection of MP3s from an ext3 partition on my Linux F9 box to a UFS partition my FreeBSD 7 box. Many of the song titles had accented characters, which are now displayed as two question marks (??) on my FreeBSD system, like this: Toquinho Vinícius - Samba da Benção.mp3 -- Toquinho Vin??cius - Samba da Beno.mp3 Thinking that rsync might be interfering in some way, I checked the man page and found this option to use: -8, --8-bit-output leave high-bit chars unescaped in output but it makes no difference. I then tried copying a file with scp and then just cp across an NFS share. In every case, the accents get hosed. My Linux box is configured for UTF-8: $ cat /etc/sysconfig/i18n LANG=en_US.UTF-8 I would have assumed that this would also be the default setting for FreeBSD, but this appears not to be the case. Googling, I came up with instructions for editing /etc/login.conf, so I added :charset=en_US.UTF-8: under default:\ exited the shell and logged in again, but no change. What I am missing here? Thanks. - Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ext3-to-ufs%3A-filename-character-encoding-woes-tp19009703p19009703.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ext3 to ufs: filename character encoding woes
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 01:26:21AM -0700, Colin Brace wrote: Using rsync, I copied a collection of MP3s from an ext3 partition on my Linux F9 box to a UFS partition my FreeBSD 7 box. Many of the song titles had accented characters, which are now displayed as two question marks (??) on my FreeBSD system, like this: Toquinho Vinícius - Samba da Benção.mp3 -- Toquinho Vin??cius - Samba da Beno.mp3 My Linux box is configured for UTF-8: $ cat /etc/sysconfig/i18n LANG=en_US.UTF-8 I would have assumed that this would also be the default setting for FreeBSD, but this appears not to be the case. What I am missing here? Add LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 to the :setenv in /etc/loging.conf. When using an X terminal progrm, pick a unicode font, e.g. -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1 I don't think that the system console has unicode support, you should probably use a ISO 8859-15 font, e.g. iso15-8x16.fnt, see kbdmap(1). Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp3NrkZQ9jlr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ext3 to ufs: filename character encoding woes
Colin Brace wrote: Hi all, Using rsync, I copied a collection of MP3s from an ext3 partition on my Linux F9 box to a UFS partition my FreeBSD 7 box. Many of the song titles had accented characters, which are now displayed as two question marks (??) on my FreeBSD system, like this: Toquinho Vinícius - Samba da Benção.mp3 -- Toquinho Vin??cius - Samba da Beno.mp3 Thinking that rsync might be interfering in some way, I checked the man page and found this option to use: -8, --8-bit-output leave high-bit chars unescaped in output but it makes no difference. I then tried copying a file with scp and then just cp across an NFS share. In every case, the accents get hosed. My Linux box is configured for UTF-8: $ cat /etc/sysconfig/i18n LANG=en_US.UTF-8 I would have assumed that this would also be the default setting for FreeBSD, but this appears not to be the case. Googling, I came up with instructions for editing /etc/login.conf, so I added :charset=en_US.UTF-8: under default:\ exited the shell and logged in again, but no change. What I am missing here? # cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf perhaps? You might also want to add a :lang=en_US.UTF-8: item to the default entry in login.conf -- that will result in $LANG being set in the environment when you next log in. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
