It's not only a Mac OS X problem. If a zip a folder (to a .zip archive) with accents in Ubuntu 10.10, I simply can't extract it or view the files using file-roller. Though the command unzip works perfectly.
** Summary changed: - file-roller doesn't handle Mac OS X zip archives containing accentued characters correctly + file-roller doesn't handle zip archives containing accentued characters correctly ** Description changed: Binary package hint: file-roller - Every time someone using Mac OS X sends me a zip archive with files - containing characters like é,è, etc. the following happens : + Every time someone sends me a zip archive (.zip) with files containing + characters like é, è, ç, etc. the following happens : 1) File-roller shows a badly decoded name in its interface 2) Sometimes it's impossible to extract the file because the command line generated by file-roller uses those badly decoded names Extracting the files with unzip file.zip works perfectly though ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: file-roller 2.30.1.1-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/lib/file-roller/file-roller/rpm2cpio usr/bin/file-roller] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jun 19 10:28:04 2010 ProcEnviron: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: file-roller ** Tags added: maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596193 Title: file-roller doesn't handle zip archives containing accentued characters correctly -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs